Capriati through to last eight

Capriati was pleased to take her revenge

Top-seeded Jennifer Capriati won her first match in the State Farm Women's Tennis Classic on Thursday, beating Alexandra Stevenson 6-4, 6-4.

Capriati advanced to a quarterfinal match Friday against Barbara Schett, a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 winner over Tina Pisnik.

Stevenson is the only player to beat Capriati this year, knocking her out of the second round last month in Sydney.

"It feels good to get revenge," said Capriati, who slipped from number one to number two in this week's world rankings.

"It kind of erases that loss for me. It shows you're only as good as your last set."

Pathetic

Stevenson started out well, leading 3-1 in the first set before Capriati broke her serve. Stevenson also led 4-2 in the second set.

"It was pretty pathetic," Stevenson said. "It was just a bad day. You can't really blame it on anything."

Schett struggled more than expected against Pisnik.

"At the moment, I'm not really confident out there," Schett said.

"I'll have to play a lot better against Jennifer."

Nathalie Dechy of France upset fourth-seeded American Meghann Shaughnessy 7-5, 6-2.

"It's always hard to play somebody who is the local person," said Dechy.

"I really tried not to focus on that. I've beaten her so much (five times out of five) it helped my confidence."

Dechy will face seventh-seeded Francesca Schiavone of Italy, a 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-2 winner over Russia's Tatiana Panova.

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Second round results:

1-Jennifer Capriati (U.S.) beat Alexandra Stevenson (U.S.) 6-4 6-4

6-Barbara Schett (Austria) beat Tina Pisnik (Slovenia) 4-6 6-3 7-5

7-Francesca Schiavone (Italy) beat Tatiana Panova (Russia) 7-6 (7-5) 1-6 6-2