International Herald Tribune

Only 3 seeds reach last 8 in Bogota

Feb 20 -- Second-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain retired with a right elbow injury to advance Betina Jozami of Argentina into her first quarterfinals in a year at the Copa Colsanitas on Thursday.

20 de febrero de 2009

Jozami was leading 4-0 when the Spaniard, who beat Venus Williams en route to the Australian Open quarterfinals, stopped the second-round match.

"I've been undergoing physiotherapy and withdrew from the doubles on Wednesday in hopes of improving but it was no good," Suarez Navarro said.

Jozami reached the Copa semifinals in 2008 as a qualifier in her first and last appearance in a WTA Tour main draw.

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