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Briton scores first win as seeds are scattered
British number one Anne Keothavong scored her first WTA Tour victory on Monday at Edgbaston's Wimbledon warm-up event, beating Spain's Marta Marrero 6-1 5-7 7-6. "It's great to finally get it out of the way," she said. "I've played really well in Challengers and even qualified for some WTA tournaments but it's great to finally get a win here. "It was a long match so I'm relieved to get through. It was a great win for me as she is ranked so much higher, so it's a big confidence boost for Wimbledon." Marrero, at 60 in the world, is ranked 132 places above Keothavong. In other action, three of the four seeded players were knocked out on day one. French ninth seed Emilie Loit was the only seeded player to survive Monday's first round, defeating British wildcard Jane O'Donoghue 6-4 7-5. Eleventh seed Tina Pisnik fell to American qualifier Kelly McCain 4-6 6-4 6-4, 12th seed Magui Serna was beaten by Luxembourg's Anne Kremer 6-2 6-2 and Russian 14th seed Lina Krasnoroutskaya let slip a one-set lead to lose 3-6 6-3 6-0 to Venezuelan Milagros Sequera. France's Marion Bartoli was forced to retire in the early stages of her first round match against Italy's Flavia Pennetta with a left hip injury. The match was tied at 1-1 in the first set when Bartoli could no longer continue. The French player was immediately taken to the hospital to have the injury looked at. |
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