Stosur And Peer Victorious While Petkovic Loses

By James Waterson

Photo Credit: Mark Peterson/Corleve; Tony Chang

(May 11, 2011) Samantha Stosur, Shahar Peer and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova advanced into the third round of the Internazionale BNL d’Italia WTA Premier tournament in Rome Wednesday.

Stosur, the sixth-seeded Australian, defeated Iveta Benesova 6-1 7-5. Stosur now has a 3-0 record against the Czech player, who has a 9-10 record in 2011.

She will take on Polona Hercog, a qualifier from Slovenia who upset Andrea Petkovic 6-4 6-3 in another second round match Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Shahar Peer defeated Alisa Kleybanova 6-3 7-5, and she will face Maria Sharapova in the fourth round. Sharapova has a 4-0 record against the 24-year-old Israeli, but the last time they played was in 2008 and none of those matches were on clay courts.

Daniela Hantuchova beat Italian Romina Oprandi 7-5 6-1, and will face the second-seeded Francesca Schiavone in their third round match.

Keep checking TennisNow.com throughout the day and throughout the tournament for more results and analysis, visit our live scores page to see the action as it unfolds and check back to the main page before bed (10:30 p.m. CDT) for our "Matches to Watch" for the following day's action in Rome.

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Stosur And Peer Victorious While Petkovic Loses

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