PALO ALTO, Calif., July 29 (UPI) -- Samantha Stosur and Elena Dementieva, the tourney's top two seeds, survived their second-round matches Wednesday at the Bank of the West Classic.
The top-seeded Stosur earned a quarterfinal berth by defeating Christina McHale 6-1, 7-5 and Dementieva won the day's last match with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 decision over Kimiko Date Krumm.
In the day's other matches, Agnieszka Radwanska got past Olga Savchuk 7-7 (7-4), 6-2 and Yanina Wickmayer was a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Dominika Cibulkova.
In the quarterfinals, Stosur will face Wickmayer and Dementieva will meet either Maria Sharapova or Olga Govortsova.
The tournament, played on the campus of Stanford University, opens the women's American hard-court circuit that leads to the playing of the U.S. Open.
