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Defending
champion Patty Schnyder toppled third-seed Amelie Mauresmo
6-2 6-2 to secure her place in the Swisscom Challenge
quarter-finals in Zurich.
Buoyed by
a vocal and highly partisan 5,635-strong crowd, Schnyder
needed just 61 minutes to dispatch the world No 7-ranked
player.
"I
played very well. I just let my arm play and didn't think
too much," Schnyder said. "I didn't even have
one break point to defend."
Schnyder,
ranked 18th, dominated from the start, breaking Mauresmo's
opening serve and again to go up
5-2.
Mauresmo
sprayed her powerful serve all over the court to win the
fifth game to love, then pushed Schnyder to deuce in the
next.
She then
allowed the Swiss woman to reel off eight successive games
to lead by a set and 4-0.
With the
stadium trembling with the cheers of her home crowd,
Schnyder locked up her quarter-final berth after a long,
lob-filled rally, with Mauresmo sending an absurd balloon
shot into the net.
"Catastrophic,"
Mauresmo said. "I am seriously upset. It was a very
bad match for me. No excuses.
"She
played great and took her chances. I let her dictate the
match. I made all the errors."
Schnyder
will play Jelena Dokic in the quarter-finals.
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