<p>The 26-year-old Frenchwoman, one of four top 10 players taking part in the US Open tune-up, was forced to save three break points in the opening but was never threatened in setting up a second round meeting with Czech Klara Zakopalova. <br /><br />Fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland cruised into the second round by pounding Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova 6-1, 6-2 while eighth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova came out on top of an all-Russian clash rallying past Vera Dushevina 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. <br /><br />World number one Caroline Wozniacki arrives in New Haven searching for some hard court form after suffering opening match losses in her last two tournaments. The Dane, who received a first round bye, could not hope for a better place to discover some hard court success ahead of the US Open as she will attempt to become the 10th player in the <br /><br />Open Era to win the same WTA title in four straight years.<br />Sania Mirza’s poor singles run in the WTA circuit continued as the Indian bowed out of the Texas Tennis Open in Dallas after receiving a straight-set bashing 3-6, 0-6 from German world number 22 Sabine Lisicki.<br /><br />Andreev upsets Melzer<br />Russian Igor Andreev opened the Winston-Salem Open with an upset, blasting by second seeded Austrian Jurgen Melzer 7-5, 6-3 on Monday to reach the second round of ATP Tour’s newest tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina.<br /><br />With most of the top players taking the week off ahead of the Aug 29-Sept 11 US Open, 79th ranked Andreev grabbed the spotlight by brushing aside the 17th ranked Melzer to notch his first win since Wimbledon. The loss added to a miserable North American hard court campaign for Melzer, who also fell at the first hurdle in Washington and last week in Cincinnati. <br /><br />After first round exits in Montreal and Cincinnati, eighth seeded Cyprian Marcos Baghdatis got his season back on track with routine 7-5, 6-1 win over American Ryan Sweeting. Frenchman Julien Benneteau was also an easy winner rolling over Brazil’s Ricardo Mello 6-1, 6-3.<br /></p>
<p>The 26-year-old Frenchwoman, one of four top 10 players taking part in the US Open tune-up, was forced to save three break points in the opening but was never threatened in setting up a second round meeting with Czech Klara Zakopalova. <br /><br />Fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland cruised into the second round by pounding Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova 6-1, 6-2 while eighth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova came out on top of an all-Russian clash rallying past Vera Dushevina 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. <br /><br />World number one Caroline Wozniacki arrives in New Haven searching for some hard court form after suffering opening match losses in her last two tournaments. The Dane, who received a first round bye, could not hope for a better place to discover some hard court success ahead of the US Open as she will attempt to become the 10th player in the <br /><br />Open Era to win the same WTA title in four straight years.<br />Sania Mirza’s poor singles run in the WTA circuit continued as the Indian bowed out of the Texas Tennis Open in Dallas after receiving a straight-set bashing 3-6, 0-6 from German world number 22 Sabine Lisicki.<br /><br />Andreev upsets Melzer<br />Russian Igor Andreev opened the Winston-Salem Open with an upset, blasting by second seeded Austrian Jurgen Melzer 7-5, 6-3 on Monday to reach the second round of ATP Tour’s newest tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina.<br /><br />With most of the top players taking the week off ahead of the Aug 29-Sept 11 US Open, 79th ranked Andreev grabbed the spotlight by brushing aside the 17th ranked Melzer to notch his first win since Wimbledon. The loss added to a miserable North American hard court campaign for Melzer, who also fell at the first hurdle in Washington and last week in Cincinnati. <br /><br />After first round exits in Montreal and Cincinnati, eighth seeded Cyprian Marcos Baghdatis got his season back on track with routine 7-5, 6-1 win over American Ryan Sweeting. Frenchman Julien Benneteau was also an easy winner rolling over Brazil’s Ricardo Mello 6-1, 6-3.<br /></p>
