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| Schett falls at Spanish Open Associated Press | |||
MADRID, Spain – Unseeded Maria Martinez upset No. 5 Barbara
Schett of Austria and No. 6 Lisa Raymond of the United States
defeated compatriot Jennifer Hopkins in the first round of the
Spanish Open Tuesday.
Third-seeded Sandrine Testud of
France rallied for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory over defending
champion Gala Leon Garcia of Spain.
Testud avoided a three-match losing streak after falling in
the first round of last week's Italian Open in Rome. She will
face wild card Julia Vakulenko of the Ukraine in the second
round.
Leon Garcia captured her first career WTA Tour title at
this event last year, defeating Colombia's Fabiola Zuluaga in
the final.
Top-seeded American Monica Seles and No. 2 Arantxa
Sanchez-Vicario of Spain were given byes into the second round.
No. 7 Magui Serna of Spain
defeated the Ukraine's Elena Tatarkova, 6-3, 6-2; and
eighth-seeded Spaniard Angeles Montolio posted a 7-5, 6-2
victory over Argentina's Mariana Diaz-Oliva.
In other matches, Maria Antonia Sanchez Lorenzo of Spain
eliminated Sweden's Asa Carlsson, 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 6-0; Cara
Black of Zimbabwe knocked off Colombian qualifier Catalina
Castano, 4-6, 6-1, 6-0; and Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia beat
Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4.
Also, Barbara Rittner of Germany eliminated Canadian Jana
Nejedly, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4); Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues of Spain
defeated Australian Nicole Pratt, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Rita Grande
knocked off fellow Italian Valentina Sassi, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7),
6-2; and Rossana de los Rios of Paraguay moved on with a 6-1,
6-0 win over Spain's Cristina Torrens-Valero.
First prize in this French Open tuneup is $27,000.
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