Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Kirilenko advances at Generali Ladies

LINZ, Austria (AP) -Maria Kirilenko beat Olga Savchuk of Ukraine 6-2, 7-5 Tuesday to reach the second round of the Generali Ladies.

The 30th-ranked Russian, who won her third WTA Tour title of the season in Seoul last month, went a break down in the second set before winning four straight games to close out the match.

Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine also advanced after beating Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 6-3, 6-3 and will next play fourth-seeded Patty Schnyder.


Nuria Llagostera Vives of Spain rallied to beat Samantha Stosur of Australia 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 and set up a second-round match against second-seeded Vera Zvonareva.




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