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Vesnina survives first-set bagel, wins at Tashkent

Associated Press

Tuesday, October 3, 2006

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- Elena Vesnina of Russia advanced to the second round of the Tashkent Open on Tuesday, winning 0-6, 7-5, 6-2 after qualifier Sun Shengnan of China double-faulted twice while serving for the match. The second-seeded Vesnina won on her seventh match point. Sun was leading 5-3 in the second set but served two consecutive double-faults in the ninth game. Vesnina then won four straight games to force a third set. "It was a true present," Vesnina said. "Since then I wa ...

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