ROME -- Conchita Martinez upset ninth-seeded Jelena Dokic 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 at the Italian Open, giving the Spaniard another victory at a tournament she once won four years in a row.

	Jelena Dokic says she beat herself on Monday in Rome.

Martinez made the most of her steady game Monday in advancing to the second round of this $1.3 million tournament leading to the French Open, which starts May 26.

Martinez, ranked 27th, won this event from 1993 to 1996, when she was a mainstay in the top five. She improved her overall record in Rome to 46-7.

"I was surprised how I could keep up with her physically and mentally,'' Martinez said. "In the last weeks I wasn't practicing so well. I had a shoulder injury and my confidence was not very up.''

Martinez had lost her past five matches with Dokic, including a semifinal in Rome in 2001. Dokic, of Serbia-Montenegro, went on to win the tournament that year.

"I lost the match. She didn't do very much," Dokic said afterward. "I don't think she's ever played worse against me -- we've played like 15 times -- and I've never played so badly against her.

"I was basically playing against myself. She hit two or three winners in the whole match. I just made loads of mistakes."

Dokic, who was back in the top 10 when Monday's rankings came out, said she's having a bad year.

"Right now, I'm struggling a little against myself and I'm losing a few matches,'' Dokic said. "I just hope a change comes quickly. Mentally, I'm not as strong as I used to be.''

Laura Granville eliminated 15th-seeded Meghann Shaughnessy 7-5, 6-3 in a match between Americans.

Fourteenth-seeded Amanda Coetzer of South Africa rallied past Iroda Tulyaganova of Uzbekistan 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, and 16th-seeded seeded Anna Pistolesi of Israel downed Elena Tatarkova of Ukraine 6-0, 6-4.

Top-seeded Serena Williams, the defending champion, has a first-round bye and does not play until Tuesday.

U.S. qualifier Ashley Harkleroad lost to France's Nathalie Dechy 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. Harkleroad advanced to the semifinals in Charleston, S.C., last month and is her ranking has jumped to 57th.

Information from Reuters was used in this report.