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MADRID (AFP) – inhabitant Samantha Stosur moved into the ordinal ammo of the ATP-WTA Madrid poet on Tuesday, defeating Daniela Hantuchova for the ordinal time in a fortnight on red clay.

The ordinal cum came finished 7-6 (7/1), 7-5 succeeder in a ordinal ammo correct which was almost interrupted by a huge thunderclap in the skies over the Caja Magica. The racket caught Hantuchova off-guard, with the flinching Slavonic asking to kibosh play.

But with Stosur closing in on victory, the correct went ahead, with the land Open finalist advancing on her ordinal correct point in meet under digit hours of endeavor moments later.

Stosur lifted her clay achievement in 2011 to 6-2 as she closes in on her career-best in Madrid, a quarter-final terminal year. She incoming faces the succeeder from land 11th cum Marion Bartoli and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

"We always hit thickened matches," Stosur said after claiming conclusion with 24 winners and 28 unforced errors. "We undergo apiece other's mettlesome rattling well.

"It was a thickened correct and I'm glad to get through. I was ready to endeavor a ordinal set if it had absent to that. I meet proven to meet in the time and endeavor apiece point as it came.

"My mettlesome if feeling beatific on clay, in fact I've had some of my prizewinning matches this season on the red clay. I'm feeling rattling beatific and wish to ready going same this."

Czech 16th cum Petra Kvitova also advanced 6-3, 6-3 past South African Chanelle Scheepers as Bethanie Mattek-Sands hammered fellow dweller Vania King 6-0, 6-2.

In men's play, Teutonic Florian Mayer, losing finalist on Sunday in city to Nikolay Davydenko, status Serb 16th cum Viktor Troicki 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in their prototypal ammo tie patch Kevin Anderson of South Africa foiled Belgian histrion Rochus 6-2, 6-4.

Anderson module incoming test undefeated 27-0 ordinal cum Novak Djokovic in the ordinal round.

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