Tuesday 14th February 2012

First day surprises at Copa Colsantias
Two seeds were knocked out of the Copa BBVA Colsantias on the first day in Bogota.
Both number six seed Mathilde Johansson and the number-eight-ranked Patricia Mayr-Achleitner were dispatched, with Valeria Savinykh and Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino the respective victors.
Johansson was beaten 7-6 (7/2) 3-6 7-5 and Mayr-Achleitner 6-1 3-6 7-6 (7/3).
There were also first-round victories for Petra Rampre over Karen Castiblanco and for Mariana Duque-Marino against Tetiana Luzhanska.
In qualifying, Paula Ormaechea, Sesil Karatantcheva, Yaroslava Shvedova and Ines Ferrer Suarez all tasted victory.
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