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Ivanovic advances to quarterfinals at Madrid Open

MADRID - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic is through to the quarterfinals at the WTA Premier Mandatory event in Madrid, after beating Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday.

Pavlyuchenkova, who defeated Jelena Jankovic in a marathon match Wednesday evening, did not stand a chance against the more focused and motivated opponent.

Zimonjic, Nestor into Madrid Masters doubles' semis

MADRID – Serbia’s Nenad Zimonjich and Canada’s Daniel Nestor advanced to the Madrid Masters men’s doubles semifinals, after beating Austria's Alexander Peya and Brazil's Bruno Soares 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 Thursday.

The Serbian-Canadian duo took the first set after a tie-break. In the second, they mustered a 5-2 lead, losing the next two games and then breaking back to qualify for the semis.

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