Former world number one Jelena Jankovic bowed out of the Eastbourne International in the first round on Tuesday, blaming tired legs and a lack of motivation. She was followed out by French Open champion and former Eastbourne winner Svetlana Kuznetsova, who lasted only 51 minutes in a 6-0, 6-3 thrashing by Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak in the $600,000 Wimbledon warmup event. Serbian Jankovic, the third seed, was beaten 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 by Russian Anna Chakvetadze after an erratic performance on her least favorite surface and said bending low to reach the ball had sapped her energy. The Russian will next play Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli.Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland saw off younger sister Urszula 6-1, 6-1 to reach the second round. Fourth seed Vera Zvonareva was another early casualty, losing to Amelie Mauresmo of France 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. On a good day for Canada, qualifier Frank Dancevic knocked top-seeded Russian Igor Andreev out of the men's tournament. Frenchman Julien Benneteau beat fifth seed Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round and his fourth-seeded compatriot Fabrice Santoro reached the third round with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over American Robby Ginepri. Eighth seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez also advanced with a 6-4, 6-7 (0-7), 7-6 (7-3) win over Yen-Hsun Lu. Becker upsets Verdasco In the Netherlands, Benjamin Becker celebrated his 28th birthday by upsetting top-seeded Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 7-6 (4) to reach the Ordina Open quarterfinals on Tuesday. Next up for Becker will be Michael Llodra, who beat Kristof Vliegen of Belgium 6-2, 6-3. Ivan Navarro of Spain downed 2008 finalist Marc Gicquel of France 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, and Dudi Sela of Israel claimed his place in the quarterfinals at the grass-court warmup for Wimbledon with a 6-4, 6-3 win over fifth-seeded Igor Kunitsyn of Russia. Earlier, Marcos Baghdatis beat second-seeded Tommy Robredo 7-5, 6-2 to set up a second-round clash with Ramon Sluiter of the Netherlands. On the women's side, top-ranked Dinara Safina defeated Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-0, 6-3 in her opener. But second-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia lost 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to Nathalie Dechy of France, while fifth-seeded Alona Bondarenko beat Stephanie Foretz of France 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-3. Defending champion Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand dispatched seventh-seeded Iveta Benesova 6-3, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals but 2006 champ Michaella Krajicek was bounced out by Kristina Barrois of Germany 6-4, 6
