New Haven, CT (My Sportsbook) - Former world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo was an opening-round winner Monday at the $600,000 Pilot Pen Tennis event, a final U.S. Open tune-up. The eighth-seeded Mauresmo mauled Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama 6-4, 6-1 on the hardcourts at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale. The two-time major champion Mauresmo was a New Haven runner-up back in 2005. France's Virginie Razzano held off fading Swiss Patty Schnyder 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on Day 2 here. Meanwhile, fifth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska came from behind to beat Italian qualifier Roberta Vinci 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) and veteran Czech Iveta Benesova overcame American lucky-loser Varvara Lepchenko 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. Additional opening-round wins came for Russian Elena Vesnina, Belgian qualifier Yanina Wickmayer, Slovakian qualifier Magdalena Rybarikova and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Dane Caroline Wozniacki bested Russian Anna Chakvetadze in last year's final here. The 2009 New Haven champ will claim $98,500. |
