体坛英语新闻：Kuznetsova, Clijsters reach quarterfinals at Montreal

OTTAWA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova saved five of six break points she faced in the third set to defeat Polish seventh seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 at the WTA Montreal Cup on Thursday.

Her reward will be a quarterfinal match against China's Zheng Jie, who defeated Russian fourth seed Elena Dementieva 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.

Fifth-seeded Kim Clijsters also advanced with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Kaia Kanepi of Estonia and will face Vera Zvonareva, the eighth seed from Russia who downed Agnes Szavay of Hungary 6-3, 6-3.

Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia wipes her face during her match against compatriot Maria Kirilenko at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris May 28, 2010.

In other matches, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus downed Li Na of China for the first time 6-3, 6-3, and Marion Bartoli of France beat Czech qualifier Iveta Benesova 6-0, 6-1, who was coming off an upset win over top-seeded Jelena Jankovic.

Azarenka and Bartoli will face off in the quarterfinals.