Top-seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne extended her Charleston win streak to 13 matches Thursday, beating Croat
Karolina Sprem 6-4, 6-4 to advance into the quarterfinals at the claycourt Family Circle Cup.
"After the match you can say it's good, I won in two sets, but when you're on the court you just think about winning every point that's coming," Henin-Hardenne told reporters. "My shoulder, a few issues but not something major that is bothering me right now."
Henin-Hardenne will now face Russian
Dinara Safina, who came from a set down to defeat qualifier
Julia Vakulenko.
Other seeds into the quarterfinals were (2)
Nadia Petrova (d. (14) Safarova), (3)
Patty Schnyder (d. (16) Santangelo from a set down), (4)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (d. Dominguez Lino), (6) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (d. (9) Medina Garrigues), (8)
Nathalie Dechy (d. (11) Srebotnik), joined by unseeded
Catalina Castano who advanced when (12)
Marion Bartoli retired with injury.
Friday's quarters line up as Castano vs. (2) Petrova, (6) Groenefeld vs. (4) Kuznetsova, (1) Henin-Hardenne vs. (7) Safina, and (3) Schnyder vs. (8) Dechy.
