seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark advanced to the second round of the Swedish Open Tuesday after beating Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-1, 6-3. The ninth-ranked Wozniacki broke Arvidsson twice in the first set and once in the second to complete the win in 1 hour, 3 minutes. Wozniacki, who reached the fourth round at Wimbledon last week, saved all three break points she faced on the clay. Also Tuesday, second-seeded Dominika Cibulkova beat Swedish wild card Sandra Roma 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, while No. 3 Flavia Pennetta beat fellow Italian Francesca Schiavone 6-2, 7-5. However, fourth-seeded Kaia Kanepi of Estonia was eliminated after losing 6-1, 7-6 (1) to Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain. Maria Kirilenko of Russia and 15-year-old Ellen Allgurin of Sweden also advanced with straight-set wins, while Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic won after Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine retired with a right wrist injury when trailing 6-3, 4-1. Cornet wins in Budapest In Hungary, second-seeded Alize Cornet of France defeated Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-1 Tuesday in the first round of the Budapest Grand Prix. Cornet will face Shahar Peer of Israel in the second round. Peer defeated Irina Begu of Romania 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Third-seeded Sybille Bammer of Austria also had an easy win, beating Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-3. Bammer's opponent in the second round will be Romania's Edina Gallovits. Fourth-seeded Agnes Szavay of Hungary defeated compatriot Katalin Marosi 6-1, 6-1 and will meet Tathiana Garbin of Italy for a place in the quarterfinals. Two seeded players, Sara Errani of Italy and Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic, were eliminated in the first round. Rain halts play In Rhode Island, heavy rain halted the only three matches that began at the Hall of Fame Championships on Tuesday, ending play before two-time defending champion Fabrice Santoro got onto the grass court. The start of action was delayed for about 2½ hours before three matches began. After a second delay of approximately 90 minutes, play resumed for just over 20 minutes before thunderstorms halted play for the day. Seventh-seeded Kevin Kim of the US lost the first set against Sebastien Grosjean of France 6-4, and play was stopped during the first game of the second set. Philipp Petzschner of Germany led Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 6-4, 3-4; and Samuel Groth of Australia was ahead of Brazil's Ricardo Mello, 7-5, 0-3. A moment of silence was held before the first match for French player Mathieu Montcourt, who was found dead in his Paris apartment on Tuesday.
