Monday, July 13, 2009

Schiavone advances to 2nd round in Prague

PRAGUE (AP) -Top-seeded Francesca Schiavone of Italy advanced to the second round of the Prague Open, beating 2006 champion Shahar Peer of Israel 7-5, 6-3 Monday.

Second-seeded Sybille Bammer of Austria also advanced, rallying to beat Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5. Fourth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain beat Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic defeated Kristina Kucova of Slovakia 7-5, 6-4.

Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia withdrew from the tournament with an unspecified thigh injury on Sunday, conceding the top-seeded position to Schiavone.




Davydenko rallies to advance to 2nd round