Kirilenko, Gajdosova reach Guangzhou quarters
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Top-seeded Maria Kirilenko and reigning round winners at the hardcourt Guangzhou International tennis event.
The Russian Kirilenko whipped France's Iryna Bremond 6-3, 6-1, while the second-seeded Gajdosova continued her winning ways in Guangzhou with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 come-from-behind victory over Luxembourg's Mandy Minella on Day 3 at Tianhe Sports Centre.
The 28th-ranked Kirilenko will now appear in only her second quarterfinal of the year, while the world No. 34 Gajdosova will compete in her fifth.
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Kirilenko's quarterfinal opponent on Thursday will be little-known Ukrainian Tetiana Luzhanska, while the Australian Gajdosova will encounter eighth-seeded Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova.
Gajdosova beat Russia Alla Kudryavtseva in last year's finale here.
Three other seeds landed in the round of eight, as No. 4 Croat Petra Martic overcame Kazakhstani qualifier Zarina Diyas 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, No. 7 South African Chanelle Scheepers came back to best qualifier Su-Wei Hsieh of Taipei 3-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-1, and Rybarikova downed France's Aravane Rezai 6-4, 6-1.
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The other quarterfinals will pit Martic against Chinese crowd favorite Zheng Jie and Scheepers versus Poland's Urszula Radwanska. Zheng defeated Thai Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 6-3, 7-5, while Radwanska fought back to beat China's Yung-Jan Chan 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.
One other second-rounder saw the aforementioned Luzhanska outlast Chinese qualifier Yi-Jin Zhao 6-4, 2-6, 7-5.
The 2011 Guangzhou titlist will collect $37,000.