Safina, Kuznetsova pull out of competition.

Seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko to reach the quarter finals of the Australian Open, the first grand slam tennis tournament after the withdrawal of compatriot Dinara Safina, ranked second, and the result indicates the progress of the first 5-4 on Sunday in Melbourne.
And will meet with Kirilenko in the next match with the Chinese Zheng Jay, who beat Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko in the thirty-first 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.
The Safina reached the final last year before losing to Serena Williams.
It also emerged Russian third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, her loss to Nadia Petrova, the ninth session, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.

And will meet the last quarter-final Belgium's Justine Henin, ranked first in the world, previously involved wildcard after her return from a two-year retirement and won bt Yanina Vikmeyer 7-6 (7-3), 1-6, 6-3.
Kuznetsova and commented on the loss, saying "It is disappointing because my preparation was good but I did not play well today and were therefore deserved to win."
Petrova had won a landslide victory over Belgium's Kim Clijsters fifteenth Flushing Meadows last American in the third round.
As for Henin, seeded first, the former world took part in the wild card invitation from the organizing committee after returning late last season for the retirement of nearly two years, while participating Vikmeyer, sixteenth globally, after overcoming the playoffs.
Vikmeyer suspended for a year because of violating the laws of doping before raising her stay in the middle of last month, but the participation in the Melbourne Cup had been closed in a timely manner and asked the organizers to get a card for the invitation but did not respond to this request and considered it must run qualifying to The main draw of the tournament.