Li ousts Stosur as Wawrinka crashes

Chinese second seed Li Na defeated Samantha Stosur 6-3, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP-WTA Rome Masters on Thursday, turning the momentum in a long-running rivalry.

Li finished Rome runner-up in 2012, holding a match point against eventual champion Maria Sharapova.

Men’s third-seeded Monte Carlo winner Stanislas Wawrinka joined fellow Swiss Roger Federer on the Rome scrapheap after a 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 loss to German 15th seed Tommy Haas.