Halep, Zvonareva march on in Shenzhen

 Halep took just 61 minutes to breeze past Natalia Vikhlyantseva of Russia and into the quarters at the Shenzhen Open.

Shenzhen Open top seed Simona Halep had an easy victory over Natalia Vikhlyantseva of Russia to reach the last eight here on Wednesday.

Vikhlyantseva, the 17-year-old wild card holder, defeated Anna-lena Friedsam of Germany in the first round, but the gap between No. 584 and No.3 in the world seemed still unbridgeable. Halep started strongly as she raced to a 5-1 lead in the first set and took the victory 6-2, 6-2 within 61 minutes.

"French Open!" The runner-up of last year's French Open answered after the match about her most desired title of 2015.

In other matches Wednesday, Vera Zvonareva of Russia beat Cagla Buyukakcay from Turkey 6-3, 7-6 (5). Her opponent in the quarterfinal will be No. 8 seed Timea Bacsinszky from Switzerland who defeated Italian Karin Knapp 7-5, 6-2.

Serbian Aleksandra Krunic came from behind to upset Anna Schmiedlova of Slovakia 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1. Tereza Smitkova beat Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 in a Czech derby.

Top seed Peng Shuai/Xu Yifan was knocked out in the first round of women's doubles by their compatriots Liang Chen/Wang Yafan 6-3, 2-6 and 12-14.

《Halep, Zvonareva march on in Shenzhen》永久阅读地址: http://91kudian.com/yingyu/18499/