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Venus reaches Amelia Island quarters

Venus Williams advanced to the quarter-finals of the Bausch & Lomb Championships with a 6-2 7-5 victory over Meilen Tu.

The five-time grand slam champion will next face eighth seed Tatiana Golovin of France, who secured a 6-2 6-1 win over 12th seed Samantha Stosur of Australia.

Top-seeded Russian Nadia Petrova also made the last eight, inflicting a 6-2 6-3 defeat on Jie Zheng of China, and will take on compatriot Dinara Safina.

Second seed Jelena Jankovic from Serbia also cruised into the quarters thanks to a 6-2 6-0 victory over 16th seed Alona Bondarenko of the Ukraine.

She will next face sixth-seeded compatriot Ana Ivanovic, who easily defeated Nathalie Dechy of France 6-1 6-1.

Daniela Hantuchova, the third seed from Slovakia, defeated unseeded compatriot Dominika Cibulkova 6-1 6-4 to set up a clash with 13th-seeded Austrian Sybille Bammer.

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