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Oudin on form in Paris
ESPN staff
February 9, 2010
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After a successful weekend in the Fed Cup, world No. 53 Melanie Oudin gor her Paris campaign off to a winning start
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American Melanie Oudin took just 52 minutes to book her place in the second round with a 6-3 6-0 victory over Sorana Cirstea at the GDF Suez Open in Paris.
Despite being ranked 14 places below her Romanian opponent, the 18-year-old dominated and won five out of six break points to win her first tournament match of 2010. She will now meet Switzerland's Patty Schnyder who overcame seventh seed Virginie Razzano 6-3 7-6(3).
Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova dropped just one game as she beat Iveta Benesova 6-1 6-0 to book her place in the second round. Pavlyuchenkova will now face top seed Elena Dementieva who was given a bye in the opening round.
Italian fourth seed Francesca Schiavone enjoyed a flawless 6-0 6-0 victory over Russian qualifier Vesna Manasieva. She will now face Lucie Safarova who eased past Tamira Paszek 6-0 6-3.
In the Pattaya Open in Thailand, top seed Vera Zvonareva progressed through to the second round with a 6-3 6-2 victory over fellow Russian Ksenia Pervak, while home favourite Tamarine Tanasurgarn overcame Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1 6-2. Tanasurgarn will face second seed Sabine Lisicki in the next round.
German eighth seed Julia Goerges defeated Greek qualifier Anna Gerasimou 6-4 6-4 to set up a second-round meeting with Kazakhstan's Sesil Karantantcheva who beat home qualifier Suchanan Viratprasert 6-1 7-5.
Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova took over an hour and forty minutes to get past Ayumi Morita. The fourth-seed served six aces in the 6-2 6-4 triumph over the 19-year-old Japanese up-and-comer, who created seven break point opportunities but only managed to convert one.
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