CARLSBAD, California: US Olympian Varvara Lepchenko upset South African eighth seed Chanelle Scheepers 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday to reach her third quarter-final of the season at the WTA hardcourt event here.
The 44th-ranked Lepchenko, who will join Venus and Serena Williams plus fellow Carlsbad competitor Christina McHale on the flight to London next week for the July 28 start of the Olympic tennis event, never faced a break point in a victory that took less than 90 minutes.
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