Pennetta wins Ordina opener

Third-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta was among Monday's first-round winners at the $220,000 Ordina Open, a final grass-court Wimbledon tune-up.

Pennetta pasted Taipei's Yung-Jan Chan 6-4, 6-2 at Autotron Rosmalen. Sixth- seeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova also reached the second round by holding off Italian Roberta Vinci 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.


Reigning Ordina champion Tamarine Tanasugarn continued her winning ways at this event by handling Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-1, 6-3. The Thai Tanasugarn upset Russian star Dinara Safina in last year's finale here.

The Netherlands' own Michaella Krajicek drove past Italian Sara Errani 6-4, 6-2, while Italian Francesca Schiavone advanced by beating France's Julie Coin 6-2, 6-2.

Additional Day-2 wins came for Kazakhstani qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova, Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko, Belgian wild card Yanina Wickmayer, Russian qualifier Ksenia Pervak and Belarusian Olga Govortsova.

The French Open runner-up Safina, ranked No. 1 in the world, will open her 2009 stay here against German Anna-Lena Groenefeld.

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