Shenzhen (China), Jan 6 (IANS): World No.4 Petra Kvitova advanced to the third round of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Shenzhen Open tournaament with a comfortable 6-1, 6-2 victory in just 62 minutes here Tuesday.
It only took the Czech national 16 minutes to establish a 5-0 lead over the World No.56 Bojana Jovanovsiki before she won the first set 6-1, reports Xinhua.
Jocanovsiki tried to fight back but she made too many unforced errors and lost the second set 6-2 quickly.
"We'll see what happens. I am trying to find a way to qualify for the final and I'll focus on the next match," said Kvitova.
Zheng Saisai was the only Chinese player who reached the last eight after the 20-year-old beat Polona Hercog of Slovenia 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 earlier Tuesday.