Maria Sharapova reaches Cincinnati quarterfinals

CINCINNATI: French Open champion Maria Sharapova booked her quarterfinal berth at the Cincinnati ATP and WTA hard court tournament on Thursday with a straight-sets win over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Fifth-seeded Sharapova needed one hour and 58 minutes to get past her fellow Russian 6-4, 7-6 (7/2).

She booked a last-eight showdown with second-seeded Romanian Simona Halep, a 6-4, 7-5 winner over Czech Lucie Safarova.

Sharapova had to rally from a break down three times in the second set but managed to finish it off in two.

"Today was much better than my first match here," said Halep, winner in Bucharest last month and runner-up to Maria Sharapova at Roland Garros. "I was happy to win in two sets, since she was up 5-4.

Ukrainian teenager Elina Svitolina, who took out double Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova in the second round, claimed her second seeded victim with a defeat of Spain's number 15 Carla Suarez Navarro 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

She'll next face former world number one Ana Ivanovic, a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 winner over Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland cruised past Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-1 and will take on Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, a 7-5, 6-2 winner over sixth-seeded German Angelique Kerber.

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