SIDELINES : Sanchez in Tokyo Quarterfinals
Second seed Arantxa Sanchez of Spain trounced Australian Jo-Anne Faull 6-1, 6-0 in 41 minutes today and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open Tennis Championship.
Also advancing was Switzerland’s Manuela Maleeva, who crushed American Terry Phelps 6-2, 6-1.
Top seed Steffi Graf of West Germany plays her first singles match on Thursday, meeting Nicole Jagerman of the Netherlands in the second round.
Sanchez, ranked fifth in the world, and Faull, ranked 69th, traded service breaks in the first two games, but the Australian was unable to win another game.
“I shot passing shots and backhands very well. I am in top shape as I skipped the Australian Open and trained hard,” said Sanchez, a clay court specialist who added that she was comfortable on this tournament’s artificial surface.
The third-seeded Maleeva, firing six aces, overwhelmed an erratic Phelps, ranked 55th in the world.
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