Olaru beats Woerle at Gastein Ladies

BAD GASTEIN, Austria (AP) -Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania rallied to beat Kathrin Woerle of Germany 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Monday in the first round of the Gastein Ladies.

Olaru, who lost to Germany's Andrea Petkovic in last year's final, served 11 double faults but converted her seventh match point. Woerle has yet to win a singles match on the WTA Tour this season.

Alize Cornet of France routed Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-0 to set up a second-round match against either the top-seeded Petkovic or Iveta Benesova.

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Earlier Monday, Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine saved a match point before beating Tatjana Malek of Germany 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-2.

The 132nd-ranked Koryttseva rallied from 4-0 down in the second set and saved the match point when Malek was serving at 5-4.

Simona Halep of Romania also advanced by defeating Renata Voracova of Czech Republic 7-5, 6-2.

The $220,000 Gastein Ladies is the final clay-court tournament of the WTA Tour season.

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