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Italian Open begins without Sharapova, Hingis

Associated Press

Monday, May 14, 2007

ROME -- In a matchup of the draw's youngest and oldest players, 16-year-old Austrian qualifier Tamira Paszek rallied past 34-year-old Nicole Pratt 6-7 (1), 6-0, 6-2 on Monday in the first round of the Italian Open. Other seeds advancing were No. 11 Shahar Peer of Israel, who was leading 6-0, 2-0 when Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska retired because of a right wrist injury, and 10th-seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia, who beat Italy's Maria Elena Camerin 6-1, 6-2. Also, Ai Sugiyama def ...

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