Linz, Austria (My Sportsbook) - Fourth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro was an easy opening-round winner at the Generali Ladies Linz tennis event. The Spanish Suarez Navarro subdued Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik 6-2, 6-4 in Monday's singles nightcap on the indoor hardcourts at Linz' Intersport Arena. In other opening-round action on Day 1, Poland's Urszula Radwanska handled wild card and Austrian crowd favorite Yvonne Meusburger 7-6 (8-6), 6-1, Romanian Ioana Raluca Olaru outlasted Czech Lucie Hradecka 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 and Czech Petra Kvitova doused German Andrea Petkovic 6-1, 6-4. This week's top seeds are Italian Flavia Pennetta, Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska and Belgian teenager Yanina Wickmayer. Radwanska was last week's Beijing runner-up to Russian star Svetlana Kuznetsova. Wickmayer was a surprise U.S. Open semifinalist last month. Serbian Ana Ivanovic bested Russian Vera Zvonareva in last year's Linz finale, but neither woman is competing here this year. The winner of this $220,000 tournament will earn $37,000. |
