Errani wins at rain-plagued Aegon Classic

Errani's match was one of eight completed out of a scheduled of 20 matches. The schedule was overloaded because of rain Tuesday, and storms again Wednesday caused additional backlog.

Among matches suspended was No. 2-seeded Maria Sharapova, who didn't get to play at all Tuesday and built a 4-0 lead in the first set over Bethanie Mattek-Sands before play was called.

Errani piled up seven breaks of serve in a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 win over Shenay Perry before the rains came.

Anne Keothavong defeated Pauline Parmentier 4-6, 7-5, 7-5; and Kaia Kanepi advanced when 12th-seeded Elena Baltacha became sick and couldn't continue in the final first-round matches Wednesday.

Sesil Karatantcheva knocked off sixth-seeded Yaroslava Shvedova 6-4, 6-4; and Anna Chakvetadze beat No. 8-seeded Andrea Petkovic by the same score in a pair of second-round upsets. Also losing was 16th-seeded Vania King, who was routed 6-1, 6-2 by Alla Kudryavtseva.

In addition to Errani, seeded players getting through the second round Wednesday were No. 10 Magdalena Rybarikova and No. 13 Angelique Kerber.

Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).