She was the variety player of the green clay swing, although Caroline Wozniacki's hectic month fixed up with her in the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, while the Danish No.7 seed was beaten in direct sets by Marion Bartoli. Nadia Petrova was the merely other seed to tail off on Thursday as the quarterfinal line-up shaped at the $700,000 Premier event. Bartoli ranked immediately two places under 18-year-old Wozniacki at No.13 however unseeded this week, had been providential to live on a fragmentary performance against Karolina Sprem in the opportunity round. Although Dementieva leveled at 4-4, the Hungarian earned a position point at 6-5, but after that chance was fruitless with a backhand error, Dementieva seized manage and powered through the following tie-break and second set. Other seeds tested in second round matches incorporated defending champion and No.3 seed Jelena Jankovic, who dropped the second set adjacent to German wildcard Sabine Lisicki earlier than finishing strongly, 75 57 63. Similarly fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova was short of to the limit by China's Li Na, 46 64 75. Petrova is at a standstill in the doubles though; partnering with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, she'll acquire on top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber in the quarterfinals.
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