Maria meets Molik again

Alicia Molik set up another showdown with Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova after a second-round victory in the Advanta Championships in Philadelphia today.

The eighth-seeded Australian defeated rising Serb teenager Jelena Jankovic 7-5 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the $US585,000 ($774,630) event. Molik's 11th successive WTA tour win set up a rematch of her recent Swisscom Challenge final with third-seeded Maria.