EASTBOURNE, June 17: The summer grass-court campaign of Mary Pierce got off to a poor start Monday as the double Grand Slam champion lost 6-4, 6-4 to Japan’s Ai Sugiyama at the Eastbourne tournament.

The other two wild card entries, Anna Kournikova and Martina Navratilova, do not begin their singles play until Tuesday.

RESULTS:

First round: Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt Mary Pierce (Fra) 6-4, 6-4

DEN BOSCH (Netherlands): Ordina Open first round results

Men: Michael Russell (U.S.) beat Raemon Sluiter (Netherlands) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2; 7-Arnaud Clement (France) beat Oliver Gross (Germany) 6-0 6-2; Yves Allegro (Switzerland) beat Alex Calatrava (Spain) 6-4 6-2

Women: Bianka Lamade (Germany) beat Silvana Bauer (Netherlands) 6-2 6-2; 8-Martina Sucha (Slovakia) beat Barbara Rittner (Germany) 7-6 (7-3) 7-5; Elena Bovina (Russia) beat Marlene Weingartner (Germany) 6-4 7-5

NOTTINGHAM: Samsung Open ATP tournament results: Andrei Stoliarov (Russia) beat Irakli Labadze (Georgia) 6-3 3-6 6-2; Adrian Voinea (Romania) beat Andre Sa (Brazil) 6-1 7-6 (7-3)—Reuters