Mauresmo, Venus to meet in quarters

VILLANOVA, Pa., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Amelie Mauresmo led a sweep of the eight seeded players into the quarterfinals Thursday at the Advanta Championships.

Mauresmo coasted past Iveta Benesova, 6-2, 6-2, and will take on Venus Williams in the quarters on Friday.

Williams had problems before eliminating Yuliana Fedak, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7-4).

Second-seeded Anastasia Myskina survived a difficult match with Rossana Neffa-De Los Rios, 6-4, 7-6 (7-0), and will face Nadia Petrova.

Also advancing Thursday wereVera Zvonareva, Jennifer Capriati, Alicia Molik and Wimbledon champ Maria Sharapova.