Henin, Kuznetsova land in Rogers Cup QFs

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08/17/2007 - Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - World No. 1 Justine Henin, Serbian star Jelena Jankovic and third-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova were among Thursday's third-round winners at the $1.34 million Rogers Cup.

Henin rolled past Chinese Shuai Peng 7-5, 6-2 in 1 hour, 48 minutes on the hardcourts at Rexall Centre on the campus of York University. The Belgian star is playing her first tennis since a stunning semifinal loss against France's Marion Bartoli in last month's Wimbledon semifinals.

The diminutive Henin is the reigning French Open champ and U.S. Open runner- up. She captured this Canadian event in 2003 and was the runner-up here in Toronto in 2005.

Up next for the six-time major titlist Henin will be surging Russian Nadia Petrova, a 6-4, 6-1 winner against 10th-seeded Swiss Patty Schnyder. Petrova, seeded sixth this week, was last week's Carson runner-up to Serb Ana Ivanovic.

Second-seeded Serbian Jelena Jankovic had little trouble disposing of No. 13 Sybile Bammer in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. Jankovic, a four-time titlist this year, will move on to Frenchwoman Virginie Razzano,

Razzano moved into the round of eight by dismissing 11th-seeded Israeli Shahar Peer 6-4, 6-3.

The former U.S. Open champion Kuznetsova waltzed past American Meghann Shaughnessy 6-3, 6-2 at this U.S. Open Series event.

Up next for Kuznetsova will be 12th-seeded Tatiana Golovin of France, who advanced by cooling off Italian Francesca Schiavone 6-2, 6-0. Schiavone was riding a torrid nine-match winning streak, which included her first-ever WTA Tour title, in Austria, last month.

Meanwhile, France's Marion Bartoli outlasted Russian Dinara Safina, 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-0, in three sets and will take on Chinese qualifier Zi Yan, who held off Greek Eleni Daniilidou 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-5). Yan stunned the world No. 4 Ivanovic here on Wednesday.

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