Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka beat Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 7-6 (5), 6-4 in a tough first-round match on the new blue-clay court at the Madrid Open on Sunday.
The Australian Open champion and Kuznetsova traded breaks in the opening set. Just when it looked like the second set was going to end in another tiebreaker, Azarenka broke again to close out the match.
Azarenka, last year's runner-up, has won four titles this year.
Also, sixth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki served six aces in a 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-4 win over Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan.
Fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska didn't give up a single break chance in her comfortable 6-3, 6-1 win over Lara Arruabarrena-Veci.
The 12th-seeded Angelique Kerber beat Johanna Larsson 6-1, 6-4 to advance to a second-round meeting with Venus Williams, while 13th-seeded Ana Ivanovic brushed by Mathilde Johansson of France 6-4, 6-1.
Roberta Vinci of Italy defeated 14th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 6-2 and will play Yanina Wickmayer of Belorussia after she moved past Jarmila Gajdosova 6-2, 6-4.
Other winners included Shahar Peer, Nadia Petrova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and local favourites Lourdes Dominguez Lino and Anabel Medina Garrigues.
In men's first round action, Nicolay Davydenko beat Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (4), 6-3 and will now face second-seeded Rafael Nadal.
Source: The Globe and Mail
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