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Petrova defeats Osterloh in straight sets at Istanbul

Associated Press

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Third-seeded Nadia Petrova defeated American Lilia Osterloh 6-1, 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Istanbul Cup. The 25th-ranked Russian will play Marta Domachowska of Poland in the second round of the clay-court tournament, a warm-up event for the French Open. Sorana Cirstea downed Masa-Zec Peskiric of Slovenia 6-3, 6-4 . She will play second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska. Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria defeated Polona Hercog of Slovenia 6-4, 7-5 and Liana Ungur of Rom ...

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