DOHA, Qatar – Unseeded Janette Husarova of Slovakia upset second seeded Sandrine Testud of France Thursday to move into the quarterfinals of the WTA Qatar Open. Husarova, ranked 68th in the world, won 7-6 (7-5), 0-6, 6-2.
She was joined in the round of eight by top seeded Monica Seles, who won 6-2, 6-3 over Venezuela’s Maria Vento-Kabchi in less than an hour.
In other matches, eighth seeded Nicole Pratt of Australia defeated Selima Sfar of Tunisia 6-1, 6-1, while Italian Tatiana Garbin beat Eleni Daniilidou of Greece 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.