PATTAYA, Thailand (AP)—Third-seeded Vera Dushevina of Russia has beaten Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan 6-4, 6-2 to advance into the Pattaya Open's second round.
Dushevina joined top-seeded and defending champion Vera Zvonareva of Russia, second-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany and fourth-seeded Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in winning opening matches on Wednesday in Pattaya, Thailand. Dushevina will next face Alberta Brianti of Italy.
Fifth-seeded Sybille Bammer of Austria, the 2007 champion, fought off Marina Erakovic of New Zealand win 7-6 (8), 7-5.
Tatjana Malek of Germany toppled sixth-seeded Sania Mirza of India, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, while seventh-seeded Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan retired with an ankle injury while trailing Anastasia Rodionova of Australia 6-1, 1-0.