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Chakvetadze to play Venus in Istanbul
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-19 09:20 Seventh-seeded Anna
Chakvetadze defeated fellow Russian Tatiana Panova 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 in the second
round of the Istanbul Cup on Wednesday to set up a quarterfinal match against
Venus Williams.
Chakvetadze plays Thursday against the top-seeded Williams, who is looking
for her first tournament victory since Warsaw in April 2004. The final of the
$200,000 Istanbul Cup — a warmup for the French Open — is Saturday.
Also, second-seeded Nicole Vaidisova easily defeated Ivana Abramovic 6-2, 6-3
and will face fifth-seeded Anna-Lena Groenefeld in the quarterfinals.
Groenefeld topped Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6-3, 6-2, while third-seeded Anna
Smashnova defeated Jennifer Hopkins 6-1, 6-0 and eighth-seeded Mashona
Washington beat Elena Vesnina 7-5, 6-1.
Israel's Shahar Peer ousted Akiko Morigami 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and will meet
Tszvetana Pironkova in the quarterfinals. Pironkova rallied to beat Yuliana
Fedak 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
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