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  • World number one Ashleigh Barty wasted no time on Wednesday booking her place in the quarter-finals of the WTA clay-court tournament in Stuttgart. The top seed needed just 24 minutes to wrap up the first set against Germany's Laura Siegemund before claiming a 6-0, 7-5 second-round win. "It was good to play on a new surface, the court was quite quick compared to what I am used to," said Barty, who hit six aces in an impressive opening display. After Charleston, this is Barty's second clay-court tournament to prepare for next month's French Open, where she won the 2019 title. The 24-year-old Australian sat out Roland Garros last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic and Poland's Iga Swiatek succeeded her as champion. In Friday's quarter-finals, Barty plays either Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko, also a former Roland Garros winner, or former world number one Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic. "They are both good strikers (of the ball), so I will watch their match and see how best to play them," added Barty. Earlier, Pliskova had to dig deep after losing the second set to German Tamara Korpatsch before sealing a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 victory in her opener, her first appearance this season on clay. "I'm super happy that I'm through, but other than that I didn't see many really good things," said Pliskova, currently ranked ninth in the world. "I was struggling a bit in the rallies. I thought there were too many errors from easy balls, but my serve was quite ok. "First rounds are always a bit nervous, especially a first match on clay. "I'm just going to hope it's going to be better." There were no such problems for three-time Grand Slam winner Angelique Kerber, who breezed into the second round, sweeping aside Georgia's Ekaterine Gorgodze in a 6-2, 6-2 victory. "That wasn't a bad way to start the clay-court season, she wasn't an easy opponent and I had a solid game," said Germany's Kerber. The 33-year-old, who has dropped to 26 in the world rankings, expects a "tough match" on Thursday against fourth-seed Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, who has won all of their last six meetings. In Wednesday's other second round match, third seed Sofia Kenin of the USA was knocked out 7-5, 6-4 by Anett Kontaveit of Estonia. In the quarter-finals, Kontaveit plays either fifth-seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus or German qualifier Anna-Lena Friedsam. ryj/dj
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  • Barty blasts into Stuttgart quarter-finals
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