Eastbourne, England (Sports Network) - Eighth seed Daniela Hantuchova was an
easy opening-round winner Monday at the Aegon International tennis event, a
final grass-court Wimbledon tune-up.
The Slovakian veteran and 2004 Eastbourne runner-up Hantuchova humbled British
wild card Anne Keothavong 6-2, 6-3 at Devonshire Park.
In some other first-round play on Day 1, Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak defeated
Kazakhstan's Galina Voskoboeva, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), South African
Chanelle Scheepers held off German Mona Barthel 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, and Austrian
Tamira Paszek handled New Zealand's Marina Erakovic 7-5, 6-1.
The top seeds this week are 2008 Eastbourne champion Agnieszka Radwanska,
Wimbledon champ and 2011 Eastbourne runner-up Petra Kvitova, former world No.
1 Caroline Wozniacki, and former Wimbledon runner-up and reigning Eastbourne
titlist Marion Bartoli. All four stars will see opening-round action here on
Tuesday, with the 2009 Eastbourne champion Wozniacki battling rising American
Christina McHale.
The winner of this $637,000 tournament will collect $107,000.
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