Elena Baltacha through in Johannesburg

BRITISH No 1 Elena Baltacha progressed to the third round of the International Tennis Federation event in Johannesburg yesterday.

The 26-year-old No 1 seed claimed a 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 win over Germany's Kathrin Woerle in her second-round match. The Scot will next meet Australia's Jarmila Groth, the sixth seed, in the quarter-final. Groth beat Russia's Ksenia Lykina 6-2, 6-2.

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