Dementieva among WTA second-round winners

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- No. 1-seeded Elena Dementieva swept through a second-round victory Wednesday at the $220,000 Malaysian Open tennis tournament.

Dementieva defeated Bojana Jovanovski 6-2, 6-3 in advancing to the tournament quarterfinals. She dropped just four points on serve in four first-set service games and six points in the second, when she faced three break-point situations.

While Dementieva had an easy time in the second round, No. 4-seeded Alisa Kleybanova needed to rally to advance. Kleybanova was on the court nearly three hours in a 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-4 win over Alla Kudryavtseva.

Also Wednesday, Ayumi Morita stopped Zi Yan 6-2, 6-1 and Anastasia Rodionova was a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Ekaterina Ivanova. Both of those matches took just more than an hour.

Rodionova will go against Kleybanova in the next round but none of the other matches for Friday's quarterfinals have been set.

The tournament continues through Sunday when the champion will collect $37,000.