Belgium's Kim Clijsters and Ana Ivanovic, former world numbers one and three seeded teams, respectively, were imposed in their duels in the second round on fast track in Brisbane.
Belgium's Kim Clijsters and Ana Ivanovic, former world numbers one and three seeded teams, respectively, were imposed in their duels in the second round on fast track in Brisbane.
The Flemish tennis had no trouble removing the local for a swift Alicia Molik 6-0 6-3, while Serbian needed three sets (6-2, 2-6, 6-4) to beat the Swiss Timea Bacsinzky.
In the quarterfinals, Clijsters will be the winner of the match between Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak (N.6) and Czech Lucie Safarova, while Ivanovic will face which expires on the pulse between Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Italy's Roberta Vinci .
After his victory the day, The Belgian was asked by the victorious return in Brisbane compatriot Justine Henin, whom could be in the final.
"I saw a little of the game on TV was amazing. He moved really well and seemed to have been withdrawn," he said.
In the men's, the fourth favorite, Czech Tomas Berdych, debuted to triumph over Australian Nick Lindahl (6-2, 6-4), but the tournament lost two of their top seed: the American Sam Querrey (N.5) and Austria's Jurgen Melzer (N.6).
Querrey fell to his compatriot James Blake (4-6, 6-3, 6-4), while Melzer was surprised by another aussie representative, Matthew Ebden (7-5, 6-1).