Ivanovic wins, Safina loses in first round in Stanford
Tennis Betting Lines
07/27/2010 -
Stanford, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former world No. 1s Ana Ivanovic of Serbia and
Dinara Safina of Russia had different results in their respective first-round
matches as wild cards Monday at the $700,000 Bank of the West Classic tennis
event.
Ivanovic, who has dropped down to No. 63 in the world rankings, bested Russian
Alisa Kleybanova, 6-3, 6-2, on the hardcourts at Taube Family Tennis Stadium.
Kleybanova had beaten Ivanovic in two previous meetings this year.
Safina, however, was ousted by Kimiko Date Krumm, 4-6, 7-6 (7-0), 6-2, in two
hours, 22 minutes. Safina, currently the 35th ranked player, lost to the
native of Japan in the first round of this year's French Open and has dropped
six consecutive matches overall.
Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, the tournament's only seeded
player in action on Monday, had a tough time disposing of South African
Chanelle Scheepers, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
In the other two first-round matches, Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia cruised
past American Hilary Barte, 6-2, 6-2, and Olga Govortsova of Belarus made
quick work of Russian Alla Kudryavtseva, 6-1, 6-1.
This week's top seeds are French Open runner-up Samantha Stosur and Russian
star Elena Dementieva, who has been sidelined by a calf injury since retiring
from her semifinal match against eventual champion Francesca Schiavone at the
French Open early last month.
France's Marion Bartoli, seeded fourth this week, surprised American Venus
Williams in last year's Stanford finale.
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