seeded Agnieszka Radwanska breezed past Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-1, 6-2 in the opening round of the Bank of the West Classic Monday. Poland's Radwanska is seeking her first WTA title in three years, but is enjoying a solid season. She reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and the fourth round of the French Open. The win put her into the round-of-16 and remained on track for a likely clash with Samantha Stosur in the quarterfinals. Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova are the top two seeds and received byes to the second round, as did third-seeded Marion Bartoli and Stosur. Radwanska's next opponent will be Taiwan's Kai-Chen Chang, who came back from an early deficit to beat American Hilary Barte 7-5, 6-4. Dominika Cibulkova won through to the last 16 with a 6-2, 7-6 (7) win over Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm. American Christina McHale beat Croatia's Mirjana Lucic 6-1, 6-0 and will next meet Cibulkova. Canadian Rebecca Marino topped American Coco Vandeweghe 6-4, 6-4 in another match. She'll play Bartoli in the second round. Razzano, Baltacha thru In Maryland, Britain's Elena Baltacha hung on in a second-set tiebreak to beat Yaroslava Shvedova Monday and advance to the second round of the inaugural Citi Open just outside Washington, D.C. Baltacha beat the Kazakh 6-2, 7-6 (5) to set up a meeting with France's Virginie Razzano, who was a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Japan's Misaki Doi. Heather Watson beat Eleni Daniilidou of Greece 6-4, 6-1, and in the second round she will take on Canada's Stephanie Dubois, who ousted seventh-seeded Sania Mirza of India 7-5, 6
