BERLIN, May 8 (UPI) -- Rain hampered the German Open again Tuesday but seeded Russians Anna Chakvetadze and Elena Dementieva managed to complete first-round victories.
Chakvetadze outlasted Australian Samantha Stosur, 3-6, 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-5). Dementieva defeated Italian Mara Santangelo, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Serbian Ana Ivanovic defeated American Laura Granville, 6-2, 6-1; and American Meilen Tu beat Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
Rain forced the suspension or postponement of 11 matches Monday, and seven more were halted by inclement weather Tuesday.
Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova and Swiss Patty Schnyder had their openers pushed back to Wednesday. Schnyder was leading Italian Roberta Vinci, 6-0, 5-5, when their match was stopped for the day.
The winner of the $1.34 million French Open tune-up will earn $181,980.
