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Li Na wins first round in WTA Hyderabad Open Top-seeded Chinese player Li Na defeated Marie-Gayanay Mikaellian of Switzerland 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the WTA Hyderabad Open on Tuesday. Sixth-seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand, who won the inaugural tournament two years ago, edged Uzbek qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova in three sets 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. Amanmuradova forced the match to the third set after winning the second, but failed to match her opponent in the decider. Second-seeded Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany posted a comfortable 6-3, 6-4 victory over Mandy Minella of Luxembourg to move into the second round. Eighth-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia, last year's runner-up,also moved into the second round with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus. Italian Mara Santangelo played a solid and consistent game to beat an off-colour Jelena Dokic of Serbia 7-6 (7/2), 6-3. The first set went to a tie-breaker which the Italian girl clinched at 7-2. In the second set, Santangelo kept pressure and forced several errors from her higher-ranked opponent. In other first-round action, Melinda Czink of Hungary beat Shikha Uberoi 6-7 (7/5), 6-3, 6-2. Hometown favourite Sania Mirza, the first Indian to reach the Australian Open third round last month, posted an easy 6-2, 7-5 victory over Romania's Delia Sescioreanu to enter the second round.
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