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DOHA, Qatar, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Eighth-seeded Marion Bartoli lost in straight sets Tuesday and was eliminated from the $2.5 million Qatar Open.
Bartoli, like the rest of the top eight seeds in the tournament, was given a bye into the second round but couldn't handle Caroline Wozniacki, who claimed a 6-2, 6-3 win.
Smaller upsets occurred Tuesday when 17th-seeded Francesca Schiavone lost a second-round match with Vera Zvonareva 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 and 13th-seeded Agnes Szavay dropped a first-rounder 7-6 (7-3), 6-0 to Ai Sugiyama.
No. 9 seed Patty Schnyder and 11th-seeded Dinara Safina were straight-set winners in first-round matches. Schnyder swept past Tamira Paszek 6-4, 6-0 and Safina bested Katarina Srebotnik 6-2, 6-4.
Also winning first-round matches Tuesday were: Olga Govortsova, Tathiana Garbin, Karin Knapp, Na Li, Ayumi Morita and Nathalie Dechy.
The tournaments highest seeded players, including top-seeded Ana Ivanovic, open their Qatar Open play Wednesday.
The tournament champion will earn $414,000.
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