Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Bartoli, Szavay survive opening matches; Kirilenko ousted

Three first round and two second round matches were being played on Tuesday, with all three seeds winning their debut matches.

No. 6 seed Flavia Pennetta was the first to take the courts, eventually breezing through into the next round after a win to Gisela Dulko, 63 61. Amelie Mauresmo, unseeded, also had good luck, after fighting Kaia Kanepi, and winning 62 67(3) 62. Maria Kirilenko didn't have such success as Mauresmo, as she was ousted by qualifier Monica Niculescu, 67(7) 62 61.

No. 3 seed Marion Bartoli was featured in the first second round match, almost being ousted by Tsvetana Pironkova, but winning in the end, 26 64 75. No. 4 seed Agnes Szavay also had a tough opener, taking it to three sets and playing for more than two and a half hours against lucky loser Sara Errani, but winning 64 67(3) 64.

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