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Schiavone advances at Modena

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MODENA, Italy (AP) – Top-seeded Francesca Schiavone beat Marlene Weingartner 6-3, 6-2 Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Modena International. Schiavone played consistently from the baseline, while Weingartner lost her eighth consecutive first-round match.

Second-seeded Flavia Pennetta beat Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-2, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2). Pennetta squandered a 5-3 lead and two match points in the second set before losing the tiebreaker 9-7. In the third, she had to rally from two games down before winning the decisive tiebreaker.

Also in the first round, Marta Marrero overcame three match points to beat qualifier Melinda Czink 0-6, 7-5, 6-3.

; Anna Smashnova topped Adriana Serra Zanetti 6-3, 6-1.

Also, Jelena Kostanic defeated Katerina Bohmova 7-5, 6-0; Mariana Diaz Oliva beat Julia Schruff 7-6 (5), 6-1; and Tathiana Garbin sailed to a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Stephanie Cohen-Aloro.

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