The French Open finished a month ago, the grass court season just ended, and there are a coulpe of tournaments this week for the clay specialists before the hard court season gets going.
The Tier III Gaz de France Grand Prix tournament in Hungary was one of the events that started today. Day 1 at the Hungarian capital saw a local player, Kira Nagy, get defeated by fifth seeded Lucie Safarova in straight sets, 62 62. It wasn't going to be easy for the No. 182 to beat a quarterfinalist at Barcelona.
Veteran Tzipora Obziler show that age has no matter, as the 35-year-old outplayed youngster Ioana Raluca Olaru, 63 62.
It was a welcome back win for Anna-Lena Groenefeld, playing her first Tour event in 2008, after a bad time on the ITF circuit. She also defeated a local player, Palma Kiraly, in straight sets, 60 64.
The final qualifying matches were also played, seeing Lucie Hradecka, Veronika Chvojkova, Zuzana Kucova and Natasa Zoric through to the main draw.
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