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Dementieva, Petrova advance

Associated Press

Monday, June 15, 2009

EASTBOURNE, England -- Top-seeded Elena Dementieva defeated Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-2 on Monday at the Eastbourne Championships. Nadia Petrova, the runner-up last year, won the last five games to defeat Ana Ivanovic 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Ivanovic broke twice in the final set to build a 4-1 lead before the seventh-seeded Russian rallied for the win. Samantha Stosur, who reached the semifinals of the French Open, defeated Sabine Lisicki 6-2, 6-1. Virginie Razzano stopped Alize Cornet 7-6 (3), 6-2. On t ...

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