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Nadia Petrova cruised to a 6-2 6-0 win over Carly Gullickson in the first round of WTA Quebec.

Defending champ and top seed Petrova of Russia, who suffered a shock fourth-round loss to Melanie Oudin at the US Open, needed just 51 minutes to dispatch Gullickson.

Third seeded Aleksandra Wozniak also opened on a successful note by beating Corinna Dentoni by the same 6-2 6-0 margin at the Laval University courts.

Last year's runner-up Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated seventh-seeded Varvara Lepchenko 6-4 7-5.

In other seeded player action, fourth-seeded Czech Lucie Safarova hammered Canadian hero Stephanie Dubois 6-1 6-3, and German Julia Goerges, seeded eighth, beat Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson 6-3 7-5.

Also on day two, American Vania King, France's Severine BremondBeltrame and Russia's Regina Kulikova posted wins.

Second-seeded Sabine Lisicki withdrew because of an ankle injury she suffered at the US Open.

She was replaced in the draw by Russian Olga Puchkova, who was beaten by Amra Sadikovic 6-4 6-3.

AFP