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Zvonareva advances

MOSCOW, OCT. 12. Sixth-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia breezed past Nathalie Dechy of France 6-0, 6-2 on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the $2.3 million Kremlin Cup.

In the second round, Zvonareva will face Karolina Sprem of Croatia, who downed Israel's' Anna Smashnova 6-1, 6-3 in another early women's first-round match.

Scheppingen stunned

At Metz, Richard Gasquet upset seventh-seeded Dennis van Scheppingen 6-3, 7-6(5) in the first round of the ATP Open de Moselle on Monday.

The results:

At Moscow (Kremlin Cup): Men (first round): Dominik Hrbaty bt Thomas Johansson 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Greg Rusedski bt Ivo Karlovic 7-6(14), 6-2; Marat Safin bt Max Mirnyi 6-7(8), 7-6(2), 7-6 (1); Andrei Stoliarov bt Cyril Saulnier 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(6); Ivo Heuberger bt Karol Beck 6-4, 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny bt Marc Rosset 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Nikolay Davydenko bt Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-0, 6-3; Kenneth Carlsen bt Kristian Pless 6-0, 6-4.

Women (first round): Vera Zvonareva bt Nathalie Dechy 6-0, 6-2; Karolina Sprem bt Anna Smashnova 6-1, 6-3; Elena Likhovtseva bt Fabiola Zuluaga 6-1, 6-2; Elena Bovina bt Daniela Hantuchova 6-2, 6-3; Elena Dementieva bt Patty Schnyder, 6-2, 6-3; Nadya Petrova bt Paola Suarez 7-5, 6-4; Michaela Pastikova bt Ai Sugiyama 6-2, 7-5.

At Metz (Open de Moselle):

Florent Serra bt Juan Monaco 6-4, 4-6, 6-0; Marc Gicquel bt Gilles Simon 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (5); Jerome Haehnel bt Jose Acasuso 6-3, 7-6 (2); Jeff Morrison bt Christophe Rochus 6-4, 6-3; Raemon Sluiter bt Adrian Garcia 6-4, 2-0 (retd); Olivier Patience bt Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6, 0-6, 6-4; Richard Gasquet bt Dennis van Scheppingen 6-3, 7-6(5); Olivier Mutis bt Nicolas Mahut 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(1);

At Vienna (CA Trophy): Luis Horna bt David Ferrer 6-3, 6-2; Nicolas Massu bt Karol Kucera 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4; Feliciano Lopez bt Agustin Calleri 1-6, 7-5, 6-3; Guillermo Canas bt Julian Knowle 6-2, 6-4; Robby Ginepri bt Potito Starace 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4; Rik de Voest bt Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-4.

At Tashkent: Tashkent Open: First round: Iroda Tulyaganova bt Marion Bartoli 6-4, 6-4; Meghann Shaughnessy bt Ryoko Fuda 6-2, 6-2; Mara Sattangelo bt Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-3, 1-6, 6-4; Evgenia Linetskaya bt Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4, 4-6, 6-0; Ekaterina Bychkova bt Silvija Talaja 6-1, 6-4; Nadejda Ostrovskaya bt Ivana Abramovic 1-6, 6-1, 6-4; Olga Savchuk bt Anne Kremer 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-1.

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