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Updated Feb 8, 2012 3:14 PM ET
     
 

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Top-seeded Maria Sharapova defeated Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa 6-3, 6-1 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Open GDF Suez.

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Sharapova broke for a 4-3 lead in the first set and twice more in the second, clinching the victory when Scheepers netted a backhand.

In first-round matches, American qualifier Bethanie Mattek-Sands finished off Kristina Barrois of Germany with her 10th ace to secure a 7-6 (3), 6-2 win.

American teenager Christina McHale also advanced, edging lucky loser Varvara Lepchenko 6-4, 7-5.

McHale will face Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium. Wickmayer led 6-1 in her first-round match when American veteran Jill Craybas retired because of a right leg injury.

Against Mattek-Sands, Barrois rallied from a 4-1 deficit to force a first-set tiebreaker. But the American won six straight points to take the first set before breaking Barrois twice in the second.

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Roberta Vinci of Italy, Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic and Monica Niculescu of Romania also advanced.

The seventh-seeded Vinci beat Simona Halep of Romania 6-4, 6-4.

Niculescu outlasted Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in an erratic match that included 14 service breaks.

Zakopalova cruised past French wild card Alize Cornet 6-3, 6-1, winning eight straight games to lead 5-0 in the second set.

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