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Radwanska off to flying start
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 26 - 09 - 2011

ranked Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland coasted to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Japanese wild card Misaki Doi Sunday in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open.
After struggling with her serve in the first set, Radwanska won 10 out of 10 points on her first serve in the second set to close out the match in 1 hour, 5 minutes at Ariake Colosseum. “I was doing much better with my serve in the second set,” Radwanska said. “I had some trouble with it in the first set but started hitting the ball better in the second set.”
Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, the top-seeded player in the $2,000,000 tournament, has a first-round bye as does second-seeded Maria Sharapova of Russia.
In other first-round matches, 11th-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia beat Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 6-4, 6-3.
Japan's Ayumi Morita advanced to the second round with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Irina Falconi of the United States. Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn opened with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Petra Cetkovska of the Czech Republic.
Israel's Shahar Peer recovered from a slow start to defeat wild card Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 while Britain's Laura Robson overpowered Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania 6-2, 6-2.
Murray headlines in Thailand
Andy Murray headlines the ATP Thailand Open starting Monday, little more than a week on from the end of draining US Open and Davis Cup commitments and after saying top players could strike.
Murray, Gael Monfils, Gilles Simon and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, the top four seeds, will get a little extra time to rest after receiving byes into the second round at the Impact Arena's hard courts in the Thai capital Bangkok.


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