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Venus eases into Zurich quarters

Wed 15th, October 2008

Zurich, Switzerland (Sports Network) - Wimbledon champion Venus Williams was an easy second-round winner at the $600,000 Zurich Open.

The third-seeded former world No. 1 Williams handled Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko 6-3, 6-4 in a second-round affair Wednesday on the indoor hardcourts at Hallenstadion.

Williams' next opponent will be Italian veteran Francesca Schiavone, who handled Russian Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 7-5 in Wednesday's singles nightcap.

The first round concluded with a trio of matches on Day 3, as Italian Flavia Pennetta pasted Russian Nadia Petrova 6-1, 6-1, Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik whipped wild card and Swiss crowd favorite Timea Bacsinszky 6-3, 6-3 and Swedish qualifier Sofia Arvidsson came from behind to oust Austrian Sybille Bammer 0-6, 7-5, 6-4.

This week's top seeds are red-hot world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic, who is seeking her fourth title in four events, and French Open champ and Aussie Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic. Jankovic captured her latest title in Moscow last week, by beating Russian Vera Zvonareva in the final, and was last month's runner-up at the U.S. Open.

On Thursday, Jankovic will battle Italian Flavia Pennetta and Ivanovic will take on France's Marion Bartoli in the second round.

This week's winner will claim $95,500.