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Safina reaches Slovenia quarters

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July 24, 2009 | 12:00am

PORTOROZ, Slovenia – Top-ranked Dinara Safina survived a bad day for seeds to reach the Slovenia Open quarterfinals on Wednesday.

The three other seeds in second-round action – No. 4 Roberta Vinci, No. 6 Lucie Safarova and No. 7 Vera Dushevina – all lost.

Safina, playing her first tournament since losing in the Wimbledon semifinals, and making her Portoroz debut, routed fellow Russian, teenage qualifier Ksenia Pervak, 6-1, 6-2.

Pervak broke Safina once to trail 4-2 in the second, but never came close to mustering a comeback.

Safina has failed to reach the quarterfinals only twice this year. She’s played in six finals, and won two. (AP)

DINARA SAFINA

KSENIA PERVAK

LUCIE SAFAROVA AND NO

PERVAK

PORTOROZ

ROBERTA VINCI

SAFINA

SLOVENIA

SLOVENIA OPEN

VERA DUSHEVINA

WIMBLEDON
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