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Mara Santangelo ousts Petrova

Venus advances to second round; in-form Mathieu stuns Gonzales

WARSAW: Russia's Nadia Petrova slumped to a 6-3, 6-3 defeat against Italy's Mara Santangelo in the second round of the Warsaw Cup on Wednesday.

In a late first round match, Venus Williams advanced to the second round with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Michaella Krajicek.

The fifth-seeded Russian, who also struggled to overcome unranked Polish junior Katarzyna Piter in her opening match, lacked consistency and was often hurried into errors by a resilient opponent.

Still on a roll

Meanwhile at the Estoril Open, France's Paul-Henri Mathieu didn't slow his pace after lifting a tournament title at the weekend, knocking out fourth-seeded Chilean Fernando Gonzalez with a 6-2, 6-4 win on Tuesday.

Big upset

Top seed Tommy Haas went out of the Munich Open in the first round on Tuesday, losing 6-4, 6-4 to Sebastien Grosjean of France.

The results (first round): At Estoril (Estoril Open): Men: Guillermo Garcia-Lopez bt Michael Russell 6-1, 6-2; Richard Gasquet bt Max Mirnyi 6-3, 6-3; Vincent Spadea bt Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-1, 5-7, 6-4; Agustin Calleri bt Danai Udomchoke 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Dmitry Tursunov bt Florent Serra 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Paul-Henri Mathieu bt Fernando Gonzalez 6-2, 6-4. Women: Virginia Ruano Pascual bt Camille Pin 6-4, 7-6(4), Francesca Schiavone bt Ivana Lisjak 6-1, 7-5; Marion Bartoli bt Neuza Silva 6-2, 6-1; Lourdes Dominguez Lino bt Martina Sucha 7-5, 6-1; Caroline Wozniacki bt Martina Muller 6-4, 6-0; Gisela Dulko bt Julia Schruff 6-1, 1-6, 6-1; Sofia Arvidsson bt Frederica Piedade 6-0, 6-0; Greta Arn bt Laura Pous Tio 6-2, 6-2; Flavia Pennetta bt Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-3, 6-1; Anastasia Yakimova bt Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova 2-6, 6-4, 6-3; Alberta Brianti bt (8) Eleni Daniilidou 6-4, 3-1 retired.

At Munich (BMW Open): Sebastien Grosjean bt Tommy Haas 6-4, 6-4; Nicolas Devilder bt Guillermo Canas 4-6, 2-1 retired; Tomas Berdych bt Florian Mayer 6-2, 6-1; Tobias Summerer bt Ernest Gulbis 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

At Warsaw (J&S Cup): (Second round): Mara Santangelo bt Nadia Petrova 6-3, 6-3; Anna Chakvedatze bt Tathiana Garbin 6-2, 6-2. First round: Venus Williams bt Michaella Krajicek 6-4, 6-3. Tathiana Garbin bt Laura Granville 6-4, 6-2; Anna-Lena Groenefeld bt Kaia Kanepi 6-2, 6-4; Katerina Bondarenko bt Tamira Paszek 6-1, 6-7(8), 6-1; Julia Vakulenko bt Elena Likhovtseva 6-4, 6-1; Elena Vesnina bt Agnieska Radwanska 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-3; Agnieska Radwanska bt Tzvetana Pironkova 7-5, 6-1.

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