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Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, France’s Marion Bartoli and Maria Sharapova have advanced to the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic Tennis tournament on Thursday. The tournament is a welcomed opportunity for the players to work on their game in order to get in shape for the upcoming U.S. Open at the end of August.

Bartoli, the fourth-seeded, beat the world’s number one Ana Ivanovic in two straight sets with 6-3, 6-4, and can now look back on eight consecutive wins at this event, with 10 wins out of her last 13 matches.

Bartoli attested herself a great match and a good build up for the U.S. Open.  Another former world number one, Maria Sharapova (fifth-seed), beat Olga Govortsova of Belarus with 6-3 and 6-3. Sharapova was satisfied with her performance, except for the first game which she called a ‘sloppy one’.

American Melanie Oudin lost in two sets to Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 6-1, but was overall not disappointed with the tournament.

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