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CHARLESTON, South Carolina, April 9: Rain postponed top seed Serena Williams’s opening match in the $1.3 million Family Circle Cup on Tuesday.
Williams, who was to have played qualifier Dally Randriantefy of Madagascar, will now have to play her second-round match on Wednesday.
Second seed Lindsay Davenport did see action, routing Czech Daja Bedanova, 6-0 6-1 to advance to the third round, but number eight seed Patty Schnyder fell to unheralded Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-2 4-6 6-4.
Davenport kept Bedanova off balance throughout with her big serve and ground strokes.
Results
First round:
Anna Pistolesi bt Els Callens 6-3 6-1; Nathalie Dechy bt Anca Barna 6-2 7-5; Virginia Ruano Pascual bt Alexandra Stevenson 6-4 6-3; Clarisa Fernandez bt Marissa Irvin 4-6 6-3 6-3; Meghann Shaughnessy bt Milagros Sequera 6-2 6-4; Jill Craybas bt Lina Krasnoroutskaya 6-2 7-6 (8-6); Ashley Harkleroad bt Emilie Loit 6-3 2-4, retired; Mary Pierce bt Nicole Pratt 6-3 6-3; Iva Majoli bt Lindsay Lee-Waters 6-2 7-5; Maja Matevzic bt Maria Sharapova 6-4 5-7 6-2; Paola Suarez bt Barbara Schett 6-1 6-2; Elena Dementieva bt Iroda Tulyaganova 6-2 6-2.
Second round: Vera Zvonareva bt Patty Schnyder 6-2 4-6 6-4; Lindsay Davenport bt Daja Bedanova 6-0 6-1
Estoril Open results
ESTORIL, Portugal: Results from the $665,000 Estoril Open ATP/WTA tennis tournaments on Wednesday.
Wednesday results:
Women
First round: Julia Schriff bt Maria Salerni 7-5, 6-1; Katarina Srebotnik bt Arantxa Parra 6-4, 6-4
Second round
Ludmila Cervanova bt Iveta Benesova 6-3, 6-2; Virginie Razzano bt Anabel Medina Garrigues 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Emmanuelle Gagliardi bt Jelena Kostanic 6-2, 7-6 (8/6); Silvija Talaja bt Rossana de Los Rios 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
Men
First round:
Yevgeny Kafelnikov bt Irakli Labadze 6-1, 6-0; Nikolay Davydenko bt Sjeng Schalken 6-3, 6-2
Second round:
Tommy Robredo bt Harel Levy 6-3, 6-1; Galo Blanco bt John van Lottum 6-1, 6-3; Fernando Gonzalez bt Jose Acasuso 6-1, 6-3; Agustin Calleri bt Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-4—Agencies
