Top seed through along with compatriot No. 3 seed

On Tuesday in Charleston the second round took action, while the first round wrapped up, with nine seeds playing, and eight succeeding in winning.

No. 1 seed and wildcard Elena Dementieva easily won her match, to Julie Ditty, 60 62.

No. 3 seed Vera Zvonareva ousted Rossana de los Rios, 63 62.

"I felt pretty good for my first match of the year on clay," said Zvonareva, a finalist here last year. "I didn't expect myself to play my best, and it was a bit of a struggle at times because of the wind, but it was pretty good. I'm feeling strong and I hope to continue winning. We'll see what will happen this week."

No. 4 seed Nadia Petrova had a tougher time against Patricia Mayr, as she won the first set, lost the second set easily, and won the deciding set with with the same score as losing the second. The final score was 61 26 62.

No. 6 seed Marion Bartoli easy demolished her opponent, qualifier Anastasija Sevastova, 61 63.

No. 7 seed Dominika Cibulkova was the lowest seed playing in the second round on Day 2, as she won to Tamira Paszek, 64 60.

The first round action included No. 9 seed Aleksandra Wozniak, who ousted Abigail Spears 63 46 60; No. 12 seed Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who fought to win to Mariana Duque Marino, 76(3) 75; No. 15 seed Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, who fell to qualifier Shenay Perry 75 61; and No. 16 seed Sabine Lisicki, who demolished Marie-Eve Pelletier 75 64.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Singles - Second Round

(1/WC) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Julie Ditty (USA) 60 62

(3) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Rossana de los Rнos (PAR) 63 62

(4) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. Patricia Mayr (AUT) 61 26 62

(6) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (Q) Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 61 63

(7) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Tamira Paszek (AUT) 64 60

Singles - First Round

(9) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. (Q) Abigail Spears (USA) 63 46 60

(12) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d. Mariana Duque Marino (COL) 76(3) 75

(Q) Shenay Perry (USA) d. (15) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 75 61

(16) Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. (Q) Marie-Иve Pelletier (CAN) 75 64

Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 60 62

Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) d. (Q) Angela Haynes (USA) 64 57 60

Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) d. (WC) Alexandra Stevenson (USA) 62 64

Sania Mirza (IND) d. Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) 64 64

Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR) d. Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) 61 61

Stephanie Dubois (CAN) d. Katie O'Brien (GBR) 46 62 61