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Groth beats defending champ in Istanbul

30 July 2010, 19:32

Jarmila Groth of Australia defeated defending champion Vera Dushevina of Russia 7-5, 6-2 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Istanbul Cup.

Groth converted four of her five break points, using strong returns to dominate the second set.

Third-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova also reached the semifinals by beating Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-4, 6-2, while fellow Russian Elena Vesnina ousted Anastasia Rodionova of Australia 7-5, 6-1 and sixth-seeded Andrea Petkovic of Germany beat Elena Baltacha of Britain 6-4, 6-0.

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