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PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 8 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Marion Bartoli" class="tpstyle">Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli was a first-round winner but second-seeded Argentine Gisela Dulko was upset Tuesday at the Prague Open tennis.
Bartoli defeated unseeded Czech Kristyna Pliskova, 6-1, 6-2. Dulko -- who won her first WTA Tour championship two weeks ago in Prague -- lost to Slovakian qualifier Dominika Cibulkova, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).
In two other upsets, Austrian Yvonne Meusburger beat fourth-seeded Dutchwoman Michaella Krajicek, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5; and Slovakian Jarmila Gajdosova beat eighth-seeded Russian Anastassia Rodionova, 6-1, 6-0.
Upsets were avoided when third-seeded Ukrainian Olga Poutchkova edged Czech wild card Karolina Pliskova, 7-6 (7-2), 7-5; and sixth-seeded Japanese Akiko Morigami defeated Czech wild card Iveta Benesova, 6-3, 6-2.
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MINNEAPOLIS, June 2 (UPI) --
Minnesota Vikings fullback Jerome Felton was out on bail Saturday after being arrested for driving while intoxicated, jail records indicate.
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MONTECITO, Calif., June 3 (UPI) --
U.S. actress Drew Barrymore married art consultant Will Kopelman Saturday at her estate in Montecito, Calif., E! Online reported.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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