Radwanska wins twice in Malaysia
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland won a pair of matches Thursday at the Malaysian Open.
Rain each of the past two days had played havoc with the schedule, forcing Radwanska to complete her first-round match Thursday. She did so with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova. Next up was Czech qualifier Karolina Pliskova, and the fifth-ranked player in the world prevailed in a 6-4, 6-4 triumph to reach the quarterfinals.
Radwanska, coming off last week's title in Dubai, will next meet Taiwanese qualifier Su-Wei Hsieh in Friday's round of eight. Hsieh had advanced Wednesday with a second-round win over Australia's Casey Dellacqua.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Other second-round winners Thursday included second-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and third-seeded Peng Shuai of China.
Jankovic thumped American Jill Craybas, 6-2, 6-0, in just 65 minutes. She will next face Japan's Ayumi Morita. The sixth seed topped countrywoman Misaki Doi, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2.
Peng rallied for a 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over Czech qualifier Kristyna Pliskova to set up a quarterfinal against Croatia's Petra Martic, who did not have to play Thursday after beating the rain and Japan's Kurumi Nara in the second round Wednesday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Greece's Eleni Daniilidou and Australia's Olivia Rogowska will square off in the remaining quarterfinal match after each posted mild upset wins Thursday. Daniilidou eased past fourth-seeded Australian Jarmila Gajdosova, 6-4, 6-0, while Rogowska topped seventh-seeded Jelena Dokic of Australia, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2). Dokic was the 2011 Kuala Lumpur champion.
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