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Dubai Open: Schnyder battles into the second round

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AGILE AS EVER: Daniela Hantuchova had it easy against Elena Vesnina in the first round of the Dubai Open.

DUBAI: Sixth-seed Patty Schnyder battled to a 6-7, 6-3, 6-3 win over Francesca Schiavone on Monday to reach the second round of the Dubai Open.

The Swiss left-hander had suffered early losses to Ekaterina Bychkova and Tatiana Golovin in her last two events, and struggled to gain the upper hand against Schiavone.

The Italian occasionally played well at the net and rallied bravely from the baseline but was ultimately let down by a serve that produced 12 double-faults. Eighth-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia scored an easy 6-1, 6-3 win over Russian Elena Vesnina in another first round tie.

Important results: At Dubai (WTA Dubai Open): First round: Patty Schnyder bt Francesca Schiavone 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-3; Ai Sugiyama bt Selima Sfar 6-4, 5-7, 6-3; Maria Kirilenko bt Monica Niculescu 6-3, 6-0; Eleni Daniilidou bt Li Na 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 6-3; Alicia Molik bt Anna-Lena Groeneveld 6-3, 6-4; Vera Dushevina bt Elena Likhovtseva 6-2, 0-0 (retd.); Meghann Shaughnessy bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6-3, 6-4; Tamira Paszek bt Katarina Srebotnik 7-5, 6-3; Daniela Hantuchova bt Elena Vesnina 6-1, 6-3.

At Rotterdam (ATP ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament): First round: Andrei Pavel bt Daniele Bracciali 6-1, 6-1; Olivier Rochus bt Janko Tipsarevic 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Nikolay Davydenko bt Michael Berrer 6-3, 6-4; Kristof Vliegen bt Jarkko Nieminen 6-1, 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny bt Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-1. David Ferrer bt Christophe Rochus 6-3, 6-0; Florian Mayer bt Dominik Hrbaty 7-6(5), 2-6, 7-5.

At Memphis (ATP Regions Morgan Keegan Championships & WTA Cellular South Cup): Men: First round: Stefan Koubek bt Simon Greul 6-3, 7-6(3); Jurgen Melzer bt Jesse Witten 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(3); Teimuraz Gabashvili bt Xavier Malisse 6-4, 2-2 retd.; Women: First round: Bethanie Mattek bt Lisa Raymond 6-2, 7-5; Nicole Pratt bt Lilia Osterloh 6-3, 6-0; Caroline Wozniacki bt Stephanie Foretz 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-3; Jill Craybas bt Kelly Liggan 6-4, 6-4; Raluca Olaru bt Lauren Albanese 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; Venus Williams bt Akiko Morigami 6-2, 1-6, 6-4; Abigail Spears bt Vania King 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(0); Laura Granville bt Marion Bartoli 7-5, 4-6, 6-0.

At Bogota (WTA Tour Copa Colsanitas): First round: Nathalie Vierin (Italy) bt Anastasiya Yakimova 6-2, 6-4; Emilie Loit bt Arantxa Parra 6-2, 6-1; Conchita Martinez Granados bt Sandra Zahlavova 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.

At Buenos Aires (ATP Copa Telmex): Round robin: Igor Andreev bt Alberto Martin 6-3, 2-6, 6-1; Sergio Roitman bt Jose Acasuso 7-6(7), 6-1.

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