Second seeded Urszula Radwanska, fifth seeded Alexandra Cadantu of Romania, sixth seeded Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia , seventh seeded Alexandra Panova of Russia, eighth seeded Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan and last year’s finalist here Eva Birnerova were the other players to make it to the last eight stage of the event.

In the second round matches unseeded Romanian Irina Camelia Begu upset the third seeded and 50th ranked French woman Alize Cornet 6-4, 6-1 , Czech Republic’s Eva Birnerova ended the run of Italian giant killer Karin Knapp 6-2, 6-2 , while fifth seeded Romanian Alexandra Cadantu ended the Uzbek challenge edging out wildcard Sabina Sharipova 1-6, 6-3,6-3.

In other matches second seeded Polish player Urszula Radwanska proved too strong for Russian Vitalia Diatchenko winning 6-2, 6-2 , while seventh seeded Russian Alexandra Panova saw off Japanese player Misaki Doi 6-4, 6-4 . In a match that promised excitement eighth seeded Kazakh Galina Voskoboeva scored 6-1, 6-3 win over Russian Anna Chakvetadze to make it to the last eight.

In one of the longest matches of the day sixth seeded Bojana Jovanovski missed three match points in the second set before overcoming a fighting Eleni Daniilidou of Greece 6-3,6-7(8),6-3. Sixteen year old Croatian Donna Vekic made it to her first ever WTA tour quarterfinals outplaying Spaniard Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino 6-2 6-2.

Top seeded Romanian pair Irina –Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu managed to scrape past Ukrainians Valentyna Ivakhnenko and Kateryna Kozlova 6-3, 4-6, 12-10 after being 5 match points down to make it to the semifinal stage in the doubles.

Second Round Singles

Eva Birnerova (CZE) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-2, 6-2
[5] Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) bt [W] Sabina Sharipova (UZB) 1-6, 6-3,6-3
[Q] Donna Vekic (CRO) bt Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino (ESP) 6-2 6-2
[6] Bojana Jovanovski bt Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 6-3,6-7(8),6-3
[8] Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) bt Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 6-1, 6-3 Irina Camelia Begu (ROU) bt [3]Alize Cornet(FRA) 6-4, 6-1
[7] Alexandra Panova (RUS) bt Misaki Doi (JPN) 6-4, 6-4
[2] Urszula Radwanska (POL) bt Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles Quarter Finals

Irina –Camelia Begu /Monica Niculescu (ROU) vs Valentyna Ivakhnenko /Kateryna Kozlova(UKR) 6-3, 4-6, 12-10
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)/Vesna Dolonc (SRB) vs Jana Cepelova (SVK)/ Julia Cohen (USA) 6-3,7-6 (7)
Paula Kania (POL)/ Polina Pekhova(RUS) bt Lyudmila Kichenok /Nadya Kichenok (UKR) 2-6, 6-3, 10-5
Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)/Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) bt Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)/Marta Sirotkina(RUS) 6-2,6-2