BOL, Croatia, April 30 (UPI) -- No. 4 Iva Majoli did not disappoint the native fans as she was one of three seeds to advance in the first round of the $170,000 Croatian Bol Ladies Open Tuesday.
Majoli, one of four Croatians in the tournament, rallied for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Slovakian Ludmila Cervanova. Majoli is coming off a 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 win over Switzerland's Patty Schnyder in the final of the $1,224,000 Family Circle Cup.
Sixth-seeded Henrieta Nagyova of Slovakia defeated Slovenia's Maja Matevzic, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 and seventh-seeded Slovakian Tina Pisnik dispatched qualifier Zuzana Hejdova of the Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-5.
Russian Anna Kournikova ended a five-match losing streak Tuesday with a 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 6-2 victory over Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine.
Angelique Widjaja of Indonesia routed Seda Noorlander of the Netherlands, 6-2, 6-0 and Croatian Jelena Kostanic got past Tatiana Potchek of Belarus, 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 6-4.
A pair of qualifiers moved on as Russian Vera Zvonareva cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Germany's Jana Kandarr and Libuse Prusova of the Czech Republic eliminated Croatian wild card Karolina Sprem, 6-3, 6-0.
Top-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva and second seed Anne Kremer of Luxembourg each received byes in the first round. Defending champion Angeles Montolio of Spain is seeded fifth.
