Mauresmo fights through in Moscow

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Top seed Amelie Mauresmo joined Russian trio Elena Dementieva, Nadia Petrova and Anna Chakvetadze in the Kremlin Cup quarter-finals on Thursday.

World number one Mauresmo recovered from a set down to beat Russian Elena Vesnina 5-7 6-3 7-6 to set up a clash with Czech Nicole Vaidisova.

Dementieva battled past Israel's Shahar Peer 4-6 7-6 6-3 while Petrova beat compatriot Elena Likhovtseva 6-3 7-5.

Chakvetadze defeated Francesca Schiavone of Italy 7-6 6-4.

Dementieva now faces Swiss sixth seed Patty Schnyder, who overcame Czech qualifier Iveta Benesova 7-6 1-6 6-1, in the last eight.

Petrova will meet another Russian, Vera Zvonareva, while Chakvetadze takes on second seed Maria Sharapova.

Vaidisova overcame Australia's Samantha Stosur 6-4 6-1 to set up her quarter-final with Mauresmo, who was made to work hard by Vesnina, ranked 56 in the world.

Dementieva was also on the back foot in the first set and had to save a match point in the second before winning the tie-break and then taking the third set after the plucky Peer had received treatment on court for a back problem.