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Peng Wins Tashkent Opener
posted 3:32 pm Tue September 30, 2008 -
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(Sports Network) - Top-seeded Chinese Shuai Peng highlighted Tuesday's first-round winners at the $145,000 Tashkent Open.
Peng handled Russian lucky-loser Arina Rodionova 6-4, 6-1 on the hardcourts at Tashkent Tennis Centre.
Meanwhile, third-seeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea beat Belarusian Ekaterina Dzehalevich 7-6 (7-4), 7-5, while sixth-seeded Romanian Monica Niculescu topped Ukrainian Olga Savchuk 7-5, 0-1, as Savchuk retired due to an illness.
Upsets came when qualifier Ksenia Palkina of Kyrgyzstan erased second-seeded Belarusian Olga Govortsova 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 7-5 and Poland's Urszula Radwanska dismissed seventh-seeded crowd favorite Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan 7-6 (7-5), 6-3.
Several other women reached the second round, including rising Portuguese teenager Michelle Larcher de Brito, Romanian Ioana Raluca Olaru and Belarusian Tatiana Poutchek.
The 2008 Tashkent champion will collect $22,925.
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Meanwhile, third-seeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea beat Belarusian Ekaterina Dzehalevich 7-6 (7-4), 7-5, while sixth-seeded Romanian Monica Niculescu topped Ukrainian Olga Savchuk 7-5, 0-1, as Savchuk retired due to an illness.
Upsets came when qualifier Ksenia Palkina of Kyrgyzstan erased second-seeded Belarusian Olga Govortsova 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 7-5 and Poland's Urszula Radwanska dismissed seventh-seeded crowd favorite Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan 7-6 (7-5), 6-3.Several other women reached the second round, including rising Portuguese teenager Michelle Larcher de Brito, Romanian Ioana Raluca Olaru and Belarusian Tatiana Poutchek.
The 2008 Tashkent champion will collect $22,925.
Copyright 2008 The Sports Network
All rights reserved
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