STRASBOURG, France, May 24 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Patty Schnyder of Switzerland Wednesday was among the losers in the second round of the Strasbourg International Tennis Tournament in France.
Schnyder was beaten by unseeded Martina Muller of Germany, 6-4, 6-3.
Also losing were third-seeded Nathalie Dechy and fifth-seeded Marion Bartoli, both crowd favorites and natives of France.
No. 2 seed Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic topped unseeded Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland, 6-3, 6-2; defending champion and No. 4 seed Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain beat unseeded Aiko Nakamura of Japan, 6-1, 6-0 and seventh-seeded Jie Zheng of China was ousted by unseeded and 2005 runner-up Marta Domachowska of Poland, 6-4, 6-4.
Eighth-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia-Montenegro beat Poland's Marta Domachowska, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 and, in a match of non-seeds, China's Shuai Peng topped Julia Schruff of Germany, 7-5, 6-3.
The eventual tournament champion will receive $28,000.
