KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Seeded players Petra Martic and defending champion Jelena Dokic picked up wins Monday in opening-day play at the BMX Malaysian Open tennis tournament.
Martic, the No. 5 seed escaped with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 win over Erika Sema in a match that took 2 1/2 hours. Martic finished off both of her break-point chances in the third set, during which she won just four more points than Sema.