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LISBON, Portugal, May 2 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Argentine Gisela Dulko and 2005 runner-up Na Li of China posted first-round wins Tuesday at the women's Estoril Open in Portugal.
Dulko beat Chinese Zi Yan 6-4, 6-4, while the eighth-seeded Li defeated German qualifier Kristina Barrois 6-4, 6-3.
Li lost to Czech Lucie Safarova in last year's Estoril finale.
Three other seeds advances Tuesday. No. 3 Spaniard Lourdes Dominguez Lino beat Portuguese wild card Magali De Lattre 6-1, 6-2; No. 6 Jie Zheng" class="tpstyle">Chinese Jie Zheng defeated Belarusian lucky-loser Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 6-4; and No. 7 Frenchwoman Emilie Loit whipped Portuguese wild card Frederica Piedade 6-1, 6-2.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 31 (UPI) --
Jacksonville, Fla., officials say a letter to the Jacksonville Jaguars owner accusing him of defaulting on his contract was the result of a "misunderstanding."
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NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) --
Actor Michael McKean, who was hit by a car last week while walking in New York, says he has been discharged from St. Luke's Hospital.
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BALTIMORE, May 31 (UPI) --
U.S. astronomers are forecasting the Milky Way will have a violent collision with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy in about 4 billion years.
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CLEVELAND, May 31 (UPI) --
Cleveland prosecutors have dropped their case against a man who was ticketed for littering when he dropped a dollar he was attempting to give a disabled person.
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