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Safina moves up

PARIS, FEB. 8. Dinara Safina of Russia defeated sixth-seeded Karolina Sprem of Croatia 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the $585,000 Open Gaz de France on Monday.

Also, seventh seed Silvia Farina Elia of Italy thumped Klara Koukalova of the Czech Republic 6-0, 6-0. She next faces third-seeded Maria Sharapova, the Wimbledon champion.

The results:

At Paris (Open Gaz de France): Silvia Farina Elia bt Klara Koukalova 6-0, 6-0; Dinara Safina bt Karolina Sprem 6-4, 6-2; Mary Pierce bt Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-1, 6-2; Stephanie Cohen-Aloro bt Maria Elena Camerin 7-6(5), 6-1.

At Buenos Aires (ATP Buenos Aires): Guillermo Canas bt Alex Corretja 6-3, 6-1; Jose Acasuso bt Paul Henri Mathieu 6-3, 6-2; Flavio Saretta bt Albert Montanes 6-3, 0-6, 6-2; Juan Monaco bt Albert Costa 7-5, 6-4; Mariano Zabaleta bt Alex Calatrava 6-3, 6-2; Felix Mantilla bt Oscar Hernandez 6-4, 7-6(0).

At France (Open 13): Sjeng Schalken bt Nikolay Davydenko 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Feliciano Lopez bt Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-3; Mario Ancic bt Dominik Hrbaty 6-3, 7-5.

At San Jose (SAP Open): Kenneth Carlsen bt Irakli Labadze 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-3; Kevin Kim bt Jan Hernych 7-5, 6-3; Frank Dancevic bt Jeff Morrison 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-0; Lee Hyung-taik bt Jan-Michael Gambill 6-3, 7-6(4); Robby Ginepri bt Donald Young 6-2, 6-2.

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