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Shvedova takes down No. 5 seed Bammer

Associated Press

Monday, February 11, 2008

ANTWERP, Belgium -- Yaroslava Shvedova upset fifth-seeded Sybille Bammer 6-0, 3-6, 6-2 Monday to advance to the second round of the Diamond Games. Yanina Wickmayer, an 18-year-old ranked 163rd, upset No. 59 Shuai Peng 6-0, 6-4. Karin Knapp defeated Nathalie Dechy 7-6 (3), 6-4, and Li Na cruised past Elena Likhovtseva 6-1, 6-1. Top-ranked Justine Henin, who has a first-round bye, will look for her second title of the season later this week. She won the Sydney tournament last month, bef ...

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