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Nagyova and Ruano Pascual advance

WARSAW, Poland, May 9 (UPI) -- Top seed Henrieta Nagyova of Slovakia and No. 5 Virginia Pascual Ruano of Spain each posted straight-sets victories THursday in the second round of the J&S Cup tennis tournament.

Nagyova recorded a 7-5, 6-2 victory over qualifier Renata Voracova of the Czech Republic and will face Ruano Pascual in the quarterfinals.

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Ruano Pascual cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Polish wild card Celine Beigbeder. Vera Zvonareva of Russia also was a 6-3, 6-2 winner over Emilie Loit of of France and Selima Sfar of Tunisia defeated Italy's Tathiana Garbin by the same score

Second seed Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus, third-seeded Russian Anna Kournikova and fourth seed Alina Jidkova of Russia all lost in the first round at this Tier IV event.

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