Italian Francesca Schiavone, the 13th seed, dismissed China's Shuai Peng, 4-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-4, and 14th seed Gisela Dulko was defeated by Conchita Martinez, 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of the $585,000 JPMorgan Chase Open on Wednesday.

Third-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva posted a second-round victory, while sixth-seeded Mary Pierce decided to withdraw from the tournament, citing a right thigh injury.

Dementieva, the U.S. Open runner-up drubbed Aussie Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-4 at the Home Depot Center. Up next for the hard-hitting Russian will be Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli. Fourth-seeded Russian Nadia Petrova, who recently passed the $3 million mark in career earnings, but is still trying for her first title, defeated American Jill Craybas, 6-3, 6-1. Fifth seed Kim Clijsters of Belgium breezed past Croatian Karolina Sprem, 6-2, 6-1. ninth-seeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova came from behind to beat American Angela Haynes 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. Anna Chakvetadze, the 16th seed, defeated Iveta Benesova, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

Japanese lucky-loser Saori Obata lost to Italian Tathiana Garbin, 6-4, 6-1. American Lisa Raymond advanced by overcoming Japan's Aiko Nakamura 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3. The 17th-seeded Bartoli fought off Chinese Tiantian Sun 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-1. Russian Dinara Safina, the 12th seed, beat Rika Fujiwara(JPN), 6-2, 7-5.Second seed and defending U.S. Open champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia was upset by Greece's Eleni Daniilidou, 6-4, 6-4

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