The second quarterfinal of the tournament was won by second-seeded French Alizé Cornet who defeated Germany's Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6-2, 6-3.

Slovenia's Andreja Klepac played a tough and an easy set to beat Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 7-6, 6-0 in the first quarterfinal of the tournament.

Only two seeds remained for today's quarter finals at the Gaz de France Grand Prix. Yesterday two Hungarians advanced into the QF, Kati Marosi ousted 3rd seed Pironkova while Greta Arn had an easy victory over Kucova and both of them will be on court today as well to fight for the semi final.

Hungary’s Katalin Marosi, who is only 799th (!) in the WTA world rankings, ousted No. 3 seed Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria, ranked 44th. That is what Katalin Marosi had to say after the 6-2, 7-6 second round victory:

Seventh-seeded Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic eased to the quarterfinals Thursday afternoon with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Frenchwoman Mathilde Johansson.

First-seeded Hungarian Agnes Szavay, who had a bye in the first round, surprisingly lost to Slovenia’s Andreja Klepac, who is much lower ranked in the world.

Eight players including Hungarian Katalin Marosi and Greta Arn play today for the remaining four quarter final places.

I'm very happy with how I played today', said the obviously happy German Anna-Lena Grönefeld after her 6-1, 6-4 victory over No. 5 seed Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic in the second round.