EASTBOURNE, June 16: Top seed Amelie Mauresmo handed out a hard-hitting tennis education to British university graduate and world ranked 240 Amanda Janes, winning 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of the US$656,000 Eastbourne Championships on Wednesday.
Mauresmo, who has been seeded fourth for Wimbledon, wasted little time in fine-tuning her game on grass after a delayed start this week due to a bye at Devonshire Park.
Janes, the 26-year-old daughter of 1961 Wimbledon runner-up Christine Truman, had little to offer in a thrashing which lasted less than an hour. The Briton lost serve three times against the French seed, but matched Mauresmo with six aces.
Russian second seed Svetlana Kusnetsova earned a 6-3, 6-4 victory on a blustery afternoon stopping Maria Vento of Venezuela to reach the quarter-finals of the prime Wimbledon tune-up tournament.
Mauresmo, a Wimbledon semi-finalist two years ago, faced few threats from her local opponent Janes, the first Briton to win a match here since 1998. Mauresmo will now face eighth seed Magdalena Maleeva, who recovered from a set and 5-1 down to oust 1994 Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez of Spain 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.
The Bulgarian trailed 3-0 in the final set but won six of the last seven games to take the victory. Comeback-bound Daniela Hantuchova registered her first successive victories in four months as she fought past Croatian Karolina Sprem 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
SECOND ROUND RESULTS:
Amelie Mauresmo bt Amanda Janes 6-4, 6-2; Svetlana Kusnetsova bt Maria Vento 6-3, 6-4; Tina Pisnik bt Francesca Schiavone 7-6 (7/2), 7-5; Vera Zvonareva bt Nathalie Dechy 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; Daniela Hantuchova bt Karolina Sprem 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; Ai Sugiyama bt Elena Likhovtseva 7-5, 4-6, 6-3; Magdalena Maleeva bt Conchita Martinez 3-6, 7-5, 6-4; Maria Sanchez Lorenzo bt Elena Bovina 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.
ORDINA OPEN ATP/WTA
AMSTERDAM, Second round results from the 375,750 euro ATP and $170,000 WTA Ordina Open tennis championships in Den Bosch on Wednesday:
Men
Raemon Sluiter bt Philipp Petzschner 6-3 6-0; Michael Llodra bt Jan Vacek 6-3 6-4; Fernando Verdasco bt John van Lottum5-4, retired
LONDON: Second round results from the 375,750 euros ($456,100) Nottingham Open ATP tennis tournament on Wednesday: Greg Rusedski bt Vincent Spadea 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-1; Thomas Johansson bt Olivier Rochus 6-4 7-6 (7-5); Robin Soderling bt Jonas Bjorkman 6-3 6-4; Victor Hanescu bt Arvind Parmar 6-3 7-5; Hicham Arazi bt Jan-Michael Gambill 7-6 (7-3) 6-3. -Agencies
