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HELSINKI, Finland, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Top seed Silvia Farina Elia of Italy will have to wait a little longer for her second title this season.
Denisa Chladkova of the Czech Republic posted a 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) victory over Farina Elia in the second round of the $140,000 Nordea Nordic Light Open on Thursday.
Farina Elia was seeking her first title since late May, when she defeated Jelena Dokic of Yugoslavia in the final at Strasbourg.
No. 6 Asa Svensson of Sweden was the only seed to advance
Thursday as she defeated wild card Kaia Kanepi of Estonia, 6-0, 6-4.
Hungarian Petra Mandula and Austria's Patricia Wartusch both
recorded upsets Thursday.
Mandula overcame fourth-seeded Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario of Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) and Wartusch cruised past Slovakian eighth seed Maja Matevzic, 6-4, 6-4.
Second seed Iva Majoli of Coatia was the first upset victim as she was ousted by Spain's Gala Leon Garcia, 6-2, 6-2.
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