Brazil and Spain booked their tickets to the quarter-finals of the women's world basketball championship on Monday, in the second phase of the tournament that runs until Saturday in the Brazilian cities of Sao Paulo and Barueri.

Brazil battered Canada 82-41 but despite its triumph, the team left the basketball field worried, due to the third-quarter ankle injury sustained by veteran player Janeth, who began treatment immediately. She told media she hopes to be ready for Wednesday's match, against a rival to be decided on Monday, by a Group F final in Barueri's Jose Correa Gymnasium.

Separately, Spain won through to the quarter-finals with a 75-55 win over Lithuania, in which Spanish star Amaya Valdemoro scored 39 points by herself, outdoing her record set earlier in the competition of 28 points against Canada.

She also deployed a range of assistance and skills that dazzled Lithuania, whose team gave up hope after two quarters.

Valdemoro, Palau and Fernandez stood out in the last two quarters, extending the points difference with ease, after Spain found itself a comfortable 10 points ahead at the half way mark.

Spain's next game will be against the Czech Republic on Wednesday.

Source: Xinhua