No. 12 seed Elena Dementieva shook off slow start to topple Daniela Hantuchova in two sets on Friday, advancing into last 16 at the US Open.

Dementieva trailed 5-2 in the first set against the 26th-ranked Hantuchova of Slovakia, but she battled back to win 11 of the next 13 games to take a convincing 7-5, 6-2 win.

"I feel I had a very slow start, and I have feeling that the center court is a bit faster than the outside courts, even with the warmup today on the center court, it really took me some time to get used to the surface," said the 2004 US Open finalist.

Dementieva saved three set points in the first match, proving why she's been one of the most consistent top players on the women's tour over the past 10 years.

 Elena Dementieva of Russia hits a return to Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 3, 2010.

She reached the US Open finals in 2004, and the semis in 2000 and 2008. Her win sets up a quarterfinal match with No. 5 seed Samantha Stosur.

"I did not want to lose that first set," said Dementieva. "I was just trying to fight for every point and that was the key for the match. After that I felt so much more confident in the second set and played a more aggressive game."

Dementieva got out early in the first set, breaking in the opening game and holding at love to go up 2-0. But Hantuchova turned the tables, scoring back-to-back breaks to take a 5-2 lead, and in the eighth game she had three set points.

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