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Kim Clijsters, seeded No. 3 and increasingly looking as if she can add to her U.S. Open crown, reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open on Monday with a 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory over Ekaterina Makarova of Russia. Second-seeded Vera Zvonareva advanced as well.
Clijsters is in the second full season of a comeback after 2½ years in retirement. She won five singles titles and the U.S. Open last year.
"I never thought things would be going well so soon after I started again," she said.
The second-seeded Zvonareva continued her roll toward a third consecutive Grand Slam final with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Iveta Benesova.
Zvonareva, who lost the Wimbledon final to Serena Williams and the U.S. Open final to Clijsters last year, moved into a quarterfinal match against No. 25 Petra Kvitova, who rallied to beat No. 22 Flavia Pennetta 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/aus11/news/story?id=6052514
