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Gastein Ladies tennis tournament

Petkovic, Bacsinszky win 1st-round matches

Tue, 07/20/2010 - 23:50 by Pankaj Damin

Bad Gastein, Austria -- Top seeds Andrea Petkovic and Timea Bacsinszky took decisive first-round victories Tuesday at the Gastein Ladies tennis tournament in Austria.

Petkovic, the No. 1 seed, handled Iveta Benesova 6-4, 6-0 despite dropping serve three times and having nine double faults. However, she won 65 percent of the points when Benesova served and piled up seven breaks in eight receiving games.

The second-seeded Bacsinszky defeated Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-1, 6-2 by winning 57 percent of the points when Groenefeld served. That included all 19 of the points when Groenefeld was on second serve.

Cornet wins first-rounder in Austria

Tue, 07/20/2010 - 02:55 by Pankaj Damin

Bad Gastein, Austria -- Alize Cornet dropped just two games in collecting a first-round win Monday at the Gastein Ladies tennis tournament in Austria.

Cornet was on the court 56 minutes in a 6-2, 6-0 rout of Arantxa Rus. Cornet, who dropped serve in one game, had six service breaks as Rus won only 13 points in seven games on serve.

Simona Halep also won in straight sets but the other two matches Monday went three sets.

Halep topped Renata Voracova 7-5, 6-2 behind five breaks of serve.

Mariya Koryttseva outlasted Tatjana Malek 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, losing two points on serve in the third set.

Ioana Raluca Olaru rallied for a 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Kathrin Woerle. Olaru won 57 percent of the points after the first set.

Malek gets first-round upset win

Mon, 07/20/2009 - 23:51 by surajdogra

Bad Gastein, Austria -- Fifth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro was upset in three sets Monday at the Gastein Ladies tennis tournament in Austria.

Suarez Navarro was the only seeded player on Monday's first-round schedule but she fell to Tatjana Malek 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 in a tight match. Malek won only four more points than Suarez Navarro over the course of the match but used four service breaks in the third set to get to the second round.

There were only two other matches Monday. Andrea Petkovic topped Sandra Kloesel 6-4, 6-3 in one and Ioana Raluca Olaru rallied for a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 win over Marta Domachowska in the other.