Dementieva through in Madrid

Eurosport - Mon, 11 May 12:17:00 2009

Elena Dementieva, bidding to capture her third trophy of the season, beat American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4 6-1 in the Madrid Open first round.

TENNIS 2009 WTA Stuttgart Elena Dementieva - 0

The third-seeded Russian, who won titles in Auckland and Sydney in January, broke serve four times and next plays Spaniard Lourdes Dominguez Lino or Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan.

Eighth seed Nadia Petrova went through when Czech opponent Iveta Benesova retired due to a viral illness with the Russian leading 6-0 2-1.

France's Marion Bartoli, the 11th seed, was upset 7-6 6-2 by unseeded Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada while 15th-seeded Chinese Zheng Jie beat Maria Kirilenko of Russia 6-4 6-4.

World number one Dinara Safina, winner of the Italian Open on Saturday, has a bye into the second round and will play Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro or Li Na of China.

Reuters

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  1. thanks for that andrew.

    From mark, on Mon 11 May 10:03PM

  2. The ranking-points that Dementieva has lost were for­ reaching the final of the tournament at Berlin that­ finished on 11th May 2008.

    From Andrew Broad, on Mon 11 May 9:49PM

  3. can anyone out there explain how the womens rankings­ work dementieva had no points to defend in rome as she­ did not play last year, yet shes lost 400 pushing her­ to fifth in the rankings???

    From mark, on Mon 11 May 9:01PM

  4. can anyone out there explain how the womens rankings­ work dementieva had no points to defend in rome as she­ did not play last year, yet shes lost 400 pushing her­ to fifth in the rankings???

    From mark, on Mon 11 May 9:00PM

  5. go.go.go elena! it your time to realy shine and prove­ your worth in the tennis. world, just believe in­ yourself you can do it.!!!

    From Ronie, on Mon 11 May 12:28PM

  6. Come on Elena hope you in the finals good luck.

    From AJ, on Sun 10 May 3:15PM

  7. congrats to sweet Dementieva for success
    time to win­ another title for her trophy cabinet

    From olga.wins, on Sun 10 May 8:59AM

  8. DARLING ELEGANT COURTEOUS ELENA DEMENTIEVA FOR­ VICTORY
    HERE IN MADRID .........LOOKS A GOOD DRAW FOR­ HER

    From simioni44, on Sun 10 May 4:14AM
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