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Updated at 7:12 a.m., Thursday, September 11, 2008

Tennis: Pennetta, Petrova reach Bali quarters

Associated Press

NUSA DUA, Indonesia — Flavia Pennetta of Italy reached the quarterfinals of the Bali Open, beating Anastasia Rodionova of Russia 6-3, 7-5 today.

Pennetta, seeded third, will next face Austrian Tamira Paszek, who upset seventh-seeded Italian Sara Errani 6-0, 7-6 (2) in the second round.

Fourth-seeded Nadia Petrova of Russia also advanced, defeating Italy's Tathiana Garbin 6-1, 6-1. Ninth-seeded Peng Shuai of China lost to Chan Yung-jan of Taiwan 6-1, 7-5.