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BIRMINGHAM, England, June 8 (UPI) -- No. 9-seeded Aleksandra Wozniak collected a victory Tuesday, but most of the schedule at the Aegon Classic in England was rained out.
Wozniak defeated Alicia Molik 7-5, 6-1, taking Molik's serve four times in 10 chances. Wozniak lost only 12 points on serve -- four of those coming on the one service break she surrendered -- and took 62 percent of the points in the match.
Also Tuesday in other first-round matches completed, 16th-seeded Vania King stopped Kirsten Flipkens 6-4, 6-0 in a brisk 51 minutes and Ayumi Morita was on the court nearly 2 hours in a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 win over Maria Elena Camerin.
None of the other nine matches on the schedule were completed. No. 15-seeded Kristina Barrois was leading Karolina Sprem 2-1 in the first set and Jill Craybas was up 7-5, 3-4 over Sophie Ferguson when play was halted.
Second-round matches involving No. 2-seeded Maria Sharapova, third-seeded Yanina Wickmayer and fourth-seeded Aravane Rezai were among those postponed to Wednesday.
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PARIS, June 1 (UPI) --
Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, the world's top two ranked women's tennis players, picked up wins Friday at the French Open.
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NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. author Lauren Weisberger is working on a sequel to her 2003 blockbuster novel, "The Devil Wears Prada," EW.com 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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HOLMES BEACH, Fla., June 1 (UPI) --
Employees at a Florida grocery store restrained a Cuban sandwich thief by sitting on him until authorities arrived, police say.
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