Groth into Guangzhou quarterfinals

Top-seeded Jarmila Groth of Australia rolled into the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou International on Thursday with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand.

The 55th-ranked Groth next faces unseeded Italian Maria Elena Camerin, who advanced Wednesday.

Also Thursday, unseeded Edina Gallovits of Romania ousted fourth-seeded Ayumi Morita of Japan 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 and Alexandra Panova outlasted fellow Russian Ksenia Pervak 7-5, 2-6, 6-0.