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Defending champ loses at Budapest

BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 27 (UPI) -- Second-seed and former champion Martina Muller of Germany was among Thursday's second-round losers at the Budapest Grand Prix.

Muller, who won the tournament in 2002, lost to qualifier Sorana Cirstea of Romania, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

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Other winners were No. 4 Emilie Loit of France; No. 5 Eleni Daniilidou of Greece; No. 6 Gisela Dulko of Argentina; and wild card Agnes Szavay of Hungary.

Friday's quarterfinals will pit Loit against Szavay; Daniilidou against Cirstea; Dulko against Olga Savchuk of Ukraine; and Karin Knapp of Italy against 2001 Budapest runner-up Anne Kremer of Luxembourg.

The 2007 champion will collect $25,840.

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