Liana Ungur of Romania was defeated by Elena Dementieva on Wednesday 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the second round of the Istanbul Cup in Turkey.
Elena Dementieva is from Russia and is ranked 7th in the World. In the 3rd round of the Istanbul Cup she will be up against Jill Craybas of the United States, which will act as a warm-up event for the French Open. Jill Craybas is seventh-seeded and advanced after beating Vania King from the United States 6-4, 6-2.
Sorana Cirstea was defeated by Agnieszka Radwanska 6-0, 6-0, allowing Agnieszka Radwanska to advance, and third-seeded Nadia Petrova of Russia defeated Marta Domachowska of Poland 6-2, 6-2.
Nadia Petrova will be up against Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan, who advanced after beating Aiko Nakamura of Japan 6-3, 6-3. Radwanska will be up against Andreja Klepac of Slovenia, who beat Stephanie Dubois of Canada 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Nathalie Vierin of Italy was defeated by Fourth-seeded Olga Govortsova of Belarus 7-6 (3), 6-1, allowing Olga Govortsova to play Tsvetana Pironkova. The eighth-seeded Bulgarian defeated Veronika Chvojkova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-1.
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