seeded Maria Sharapova cruised into the quarterfinals of the Strasbourg International with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Bulgarian qualifier Dia Evtimova Wednesday. She next faces Julia Goerges of Germany, who defeated Sybille Bammer of Austria 6-1, 7-6 (6). Vania King of the US broke local hope Alize Cornet five times and won 6-3, 6-2. King will next face Anastasia Rodionova of Australia, who went through after Elena Baltacha of Britain retired with a lower back injury while leading 2-1 in the first set. Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain also advanced, taking advantage of Lucie Hradecka's retirement. Kristina Barrois of Germany defeated Yvonne Meusburger of Austria 7-5, 6-3. Rochus stuns Soderling Robin Soderling, last year's French Open finalist, was knocked out of the Nice Open in the second round by Olivier Rochus 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in Nice, France, Wednesday . US beats Spain Bob and Mike Bryan gave the United States a 2-1 win over Spain Wednesday by winning the decisive doubles at the World Team Cup in Germany. It was the Americans' second straight group stage victory, and they will play the Czech Republic for a spot in Saturday's final. After the teams split the singles matches Tuesday, the Bryan twins beat Daniel Gimeno-Lopez and Marc Lopez 6-3, 7-5 to end Spain's hopes of reaching the final. Also in the Red Group, the Czechs beat Australia 2-1 after Tomas Berdych clinched the series with a 6-3, 7-6 win over Carsten Ball. In the Blue Group, France beat Serbia 2-1 and will play Argentina for a spot in the final. The Argentines overcame Germany by the same score. Pironkova ousts Dementieva Top-five player Elena Dementieva was upset at the Warsaw Open by Bulgarian qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 Wednesday. Pironkova, ranked 100, will play Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania who defeated Timea Bacsinsky of Switzerland 6-2, 6-4. In other second-round games, Li Na of China beat Katarzyna Piter of Poland 6-0, 6-3, and Zheng Jie of China beat Tathiana Garbin of Italy 6-1, 6-1. Sixth-seeded Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine won over Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4, while Greta Arn of Hungary defeated Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4. The two winners will meet in the quarterfinals. Sara Errani of Italy defeated Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 7-6 (7), 6
