Safina Rolls Into Quarters at Estoril

Posted on April 29, 2005

No. 2 seed Dinara Safina rolled over Ukraine lucky loser Katerina Bondarenko 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals Thursday at the WTA stop in Estoril.

Marat's little sis was joined in the quarters by a handful of unseeded players Thursday in American Jill Craybas (d. Cervanova), Argentine Mariana Diaz-Oliva (d. (Q) Savchuk), and Czech qualifier Lucie Safarova (d. Krajicek, who blew four match points).

Scheduled for the Estoril quarterfinals Friday are Dulko vs. Zheng, Craybas vs. Safina, Randriantefy vs. Li, and Diaz-Oliva vs. Safarova.