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Pattaya City, Thailand (Sports Network) - Romanian Sorana Cirstea was an easy
first-round winner Monday at the $220,000 Pattaya Open tennis tournament.
The seventh-seeded Cirstea blew past Japanese Erika Sema 6-2, 6-2 on the
hardcourts at Dusit Resort Pattaya.
One other Day-1 match saw Aussie Anastasia Rodionova roll past France's Iryna
Bremond 6-4, 6-0.
This week's top seeds are Russian Vera Zvonareva, Slovaks Dominika Cibulkova
and Daniela Hantuchova and Russian Maria Kirilenko, all of whom will be in
action on Tuesday. Hantuchova is the reigning Pattaya City champion, having
beaten Italian Sara Errani in last year's finale. The former Wimbledon and
U.S. Open runner-up Zvonareva captured back-to-back titles here in 2009 and
2010.
The 2012 Pattaya City champion will collect $37,000.
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