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Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova win Italian Open matches
ROME, May 16 () -- Top seeds Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova lost just four games between them Thursday in gaining spots in the quarterfinals of the Italian Open in Rome.Williams, No. 1 in the world, routed 14th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova 6-0, 6-1 in 66 minutes. Williams fired 12 aces and saw just two break points.Williams won 67 percent of the points on serve and 66 percent off Cibulkova's serve.It was the 21st consecutive match win for Williams, which matches her career best. It is the third time she's won 21 in a row,[url=http://www.myeduhelp.com/]christian louboutin discount[/url], with the other streaks coming in 2002 and 2003.Sharapova,[url=http://www.govtvault.com/]gucci belt men[/url], the two-time defending champion, claimed a 6-2, 6-1 win over 16th-seeded Sloane Stephens. Sharapova had seven double faults but still won more than 60 percent of the points when serving and saved three of the four break points Stephens had.No. 3-seeded Victoria Azarenka was up 6-1, 2-0 when Ayumi Morita retired. Azarenka won 70 percent of the points in the match when play stopped.Jelena Jankovic,[url=http://www.govtvault.com/]gucci bags outlet[/url], who won in Rome in 2007 and '08, ousted fifth-seeded Li Na, last year's runner-up, in a tense 7-6 (7-2), 7-5 match that took more than 2 1/2 hours.Seventh-seeded Sara Errani moved into the quarterfinals when 12th-seeded Maria Kirilenko, down 6-3,[url=http://www.myeduhelp.com/]christian louboutin booties[/url], 2-0, retired with a knee injury. Ninth-seeded Samantha Stosur posted a small upset by beating No. 8-seeded Petra Kvitova 7-5, 2-6, 6-1.Other Thursday results saw Simona Halep beat 13th-seeded Roberta Vinci 6-4, 6-2 and Carla Suarez Navarro top Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-2, 6-3.Williams will next take on Suarez Navarro while Jankovic plays Halep. Sharapova meets Errani and Azarenka goes against Stosur in the other quarterfinals Friday.

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