Chinese second seed Li Na has sailed into the quarter-finals of the ATP-WTA Rome Masters on Thursday by defeating Australian Samantha Stosur, who has beaten Li in all six of their previous meetings going back to 2007.
The victory was the Chinese ace's second straight over an Australian opponent after defeating qualifier Casey Dellacque in the previous round.
According to Sport24, Li Na, who is China's top female athlete, made inroads against Stosur's one-way scoreline with a 6-3, 6-1 win, achieved in 68 minutes with five breaks of the 30-year-old Australian.
Li, who finished Rome runner-up in 2012 against eventual champion Maria Sharapova, will next face Italian tenth seed Sara Errani, who beat Czech Petra Cetkovska 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), the report added.
