Tuesday 9th February 2010
Zvonareva makes safe passage
Vera Zvonareva led the way as three seeds safely negotiated the first round of the Pattaya Open.
Russian Zvonareva, the top seed, beat Ksenia Pervak 6-3 6-2 and was joined in round two by fourth seed Yaroslava Shvedova and eighth seed Julia Goerges.
Shvedova overcame Ayumi Morita 6-2 6-4 while Goerges saw off qualifier Anna Gerasimou 6-4 6-4.
Home favourite Tamarine Tanasugarn cruised past Alla Kudryavtseva for the loss of three games but her fellow Thai Varatchaya Wongteanchai lost out 4-6 6-3 6-3 to Kai-Chen Chang, as did Suchanun Viratprasert against Sesil Karatantcheva and Nudnida Luangnam against Ekaterina Bychkova.
Italian Alberta Brianti did advance with a 6-4 4-6 6-1 defeat of New Zealand's Sacha Jones.
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