Tennis: Pennetta and Peer advance to quarters

Italian Flavia Pennetta and Israeli Shahar Peer have both advanced to the final eight of the ASB Classic in Auckland today.

Top seed Pennetta dismissed Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 6-0 in one hour and 18 minutes.

Earlier Peer continued her strong form in the tournament thrashing Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova 6-love, 6-1 in little over an hour to become the first player to reach the quarter finals of the ASB Classic.

- NZ HERALD STAFF