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GUANGZHOU, China (AP) -Top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain beat Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Guangzhou Open.

Medina Garrigues was broken only once in the match.

Third-seeded Peng Shuai of China defeated Angela Haynes of the United States 6-2, 7-5, while Olga Savchuk of Ukraine rallied to beat fourth-seeded Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Eighth-seeded Alberta Brianti of Italy beat Australia's Sophie Ferguson 7-6 (1), 6-4, Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia beat China's Lu Jing Jing 6-4, 6-2 and Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa defeated Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain 7-6 (12), 5-7, 6-3.

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