SEOUL, South Korea — Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark cruised into the quarterfinals of the Korea Open Thursday by beating Caroline Garcia of France, 6-2, 6-3. Wozniacki will next face Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic, who defeated Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-1, 7-6 (6). Ekaterina Makarova of Russia also reached the quarterfinals by beating Jamie Hampton of the United States 6-3, 7-5. Varvara Lepchenko of the United States ousted Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-4, 6-1. Radwanska ousts Scheepers In China, fourth-seeded Urszula Radwanska of Poland knocked out defending champion Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa 6-1, 7-5 Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Guangzhou Open. Radwanska, who lost to Scheepers in the quarterfinals last year, will next play Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan, who routed Mathilde Johansson of France 6-3, 6-0. Third-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania also advanced, beating No. 8 Alize Cornet of France 6-4, 6-3 to set up a semifinal against Laura Robson of Britain. Robson overcame Peng Shuai of China 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 in a match lasting more than three hours. Klizan, Fognini advance In Russia, third-seeded Martin Klizan of Slovakia advanced to the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg Open Thursday by beating Simone Bolelli of Italy 6-3, 6-3. Klizan hit five aces and never faced a break point. He will next play Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania, who advanced when eighth-seeded Jurgen Zopp of Estonia retired with a back injury after losing the first set 6-3. Fourth-seeded Fabio Fognini also advanced, eliminating 2009 champion Serghiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 7-6 (4), 6-4, while fellow Italian Flavio Cipolla made the final eight with a 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3 victory over Grega Zemlja of Slovenia. — Agencies
