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PATTAYA, Thailand, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- No. 2-seeded Maria Kirilenko won Tuesday but top-seeded Ana Ivanovic was among players whose matches were delayed by rain at the WTA tournament in Thailand.
Kirilenko defeated Akgul Amanmuradova 6-3, 7-5 in a tough 2-hour, first-round match at the PTT Pattaya Open. Kirilenko won about two-thirds of the points on serve and dropped serve only once.
She also had a pair of breaks in each set while advancing.
Ivanovic was at 1-2 and about to serve the fourth game of the third set when play was suspended for the day because of rain. There had been a lengthy delay because of the weather earlier. Two other first-round matches will also need to be completed Wednesday.
No. 4-seeded Sorana Cirstea stopped Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-1, 6-3 behind six breaks and fifth-seeded Sabine Lisicki was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Tatjana Malek in just 60 minutes.
Also No. 8-seeded Heather Watson advanced when, with Watson ahead 6-1, 3-0, Timea Babos retired.
Other players moving into the second round included Kimiko Date-Krumm, Nina Bratchikova, Anastasija Sevastova, Anastasia Rodionova and local wild-card entrant Luksika Kumkhum.
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Actor Steve Forrest, who played Lieutenant Dan "Hondo" Harrelson on the 1970s TV series "S.W.A.T.," has died in Thousand Oaks, Calif., his family said.
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U.S. researchers say they've discovered what may be the world's largest methane seep on the ocean floor, where life thrives under extreme conditions.
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