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Stosur, Bartoli advance at Japan Open

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Samantha Stosur of Australia holds the Championship Trophy after defeating Serena Williams 6-2, 6-3 in the Women's Final in Arthur Ashe Stadium at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on September 11, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo 
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Published: Oct. 15, 2011 at 1:06 PM

OSAKA, Japan, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Marion Bartoli of France and top-seed Samantha Stosur of Australia advanced Saturday with quarterfinal wins at the Japan Women's Open.

Stosur scored a smooth 6-2, 6-3 victory over Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa, and second-seeded Bartoli knocked off Japan's Ayumi Morita 6-2, 6-1.

Stosur, who won the tournament two years ago, will take on Zheng Jie of China in the finals. Zheng advanced Saturday with a 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over fourth-seeded Petra Cetkovska. Bartoli will face Germany's third-seeded Angelique Kerber, who advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand.

The tournament schedule was knocked back a day due to rain Friday. Officials hoped to get the semifinal matches in later Saturday.

Topics: Marion Bartoli, Zheng Jie, Angelique Kerber
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