Myskina Added to Clijsters Victim List at Miami

Any more questions about Kim Clijsters' fitness level? Her wrist? How long until she finds her game again?

The former No. 1, unseeded at the Nasdaq-100 Open in Miami after an extended injury lay-off in 2004 and the beginning of 2005, added No. 5 seed Anastasia Myskina to her list of scalps Monday with a 6-3, 6-4 win.

"Everything is feeling pretty good," said Clijsters, who is coming off the title at Indian Wells where she beat world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport. "Starting to get a little bit tired, I guess, which I guess is a little normal. Few little aches and pains in other parts of the body. But just I was very happy to get through this win today."

Clijsters trailed 1-4 in the second set before running off five straight games for the match against the oft-choking Russian.

"I was tired out there in the second set, and I was starting to feel it a little bit," Clijsters said. "But just tried to, you know, make her -- if she was gonna win that second set, let her play. Don't give it to her and make her play. Then she started to make some mistakes, a double-fault here, a double-fault there, and then it can change pretty quickly."

Another Belgian former No. 1 on the comeback trial, No. 19 seed Justine Henin-Hardenne, toughed out a three-set win over No. 7-seeded Aussie Alicia Molik 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.

"It was very good, very good level today. Good match," Henin-Hardenne said. "That give a lot of confidence, you know, because she served so good, she played unbelievable. It was good fight. So I lost a little bit my concentration in the second set, but this kind of thing can happen when you come back after seven months. So I knew it could happen. I was ready for it."

The win sets up a first-time meeting for H-H with No. 2 seed Maria Sharapova.

"Sharapova is for sure going to be the favorite," Henin-Hardenne said. "We all know what she did in the last few months. We all know that she's very good player. We want the same thing, winning tomorrow."

Another unseeded upset was orchestrated by Serbian teen Ana Ivanovic, who dictated play in a three-set win over US Open holder and No. 6 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.

"I think this is quite the big result for me," said the 6-foot 17-year-old Ivanovic. "I think also like the beginning of this year when I won my first WTA Tour title it was really also big thing for me. But now I'm really happy, I beat two Top 15 players. This give me more experience. I think I am pretty happy.

Joining Clijsters, Henin-Hardenne and Ivanovic in the quarterfinals were top seeds (1) Amelie Mauresmo (d. (16) Sprem), (2) Maria Sharapova (d. (23) Asagoe, dropping only three games), (3) Serena Williams (d. (15) Likhovtseva in three), (4) Elena Dementieva (d. (22) Golovin 6-1 in the third), and (8) Venus Williams (d. (Q) Castano 6-1 in the third).

The three-set struggling wins by the Williams sisters sets up an intriguing all-sister quarterfinal meeting in Miami today.

"More than anything, I just want to go out there and play my game (against Serena), just like I usually do every time," Venus said. "We always looked forward to the matches. Serena and I always had the kind of attitude, we didn't really care who we played as long as we were playing, and that included against both of us. I guess the only setback with playing with each other is that only one of us can win, and we both want each other to do so well that that's the only sad part, I think."

On tap Tuesday in Miami are (19) Henin-Hardenne vs. (2) Sharapova (first meeting), and (8) Venus vs. (3) Serena (Serena leads meetings 7-5, including wins in the last six).