Schnyder upset at Pilot Pen

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Sixth-seeded Swiss Patty Schnyder was a first-round upset victim Monday at the $600,000 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament, losing 6-1, 6-3 to Chinese Tiantian Sun.

Also, Italian Francesca Schiavone beat Russian Elena Likhovtseva 6-3, 6-4; France's Marion Bartoli beat Argentine Gisela Dulko 6-4, 6-1; Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues beat Greek Eleni Daniilidou 6-4, 6-1; and Aussie Samantha Stosur defeated Nathalie Dechy 4-6, 5-2, as the Frenchwoman retired in the second set due to a left thigh injury.