HYDERABAD, India, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Third-seed Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand posted a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Russian Evgenia Kulikovskaya at the $140,000 Indian Open in Hyderabad, India.
Monday's win snapped a three-match losing streak for Tanasugarn and improves her record this year to 2-4.
Second-seed Marion Bartoli of France crushed Indian qualifier Ankita Bhambri, 6-1, 6-1; fourth-seeded Nicole Pratt rallied past wild card Sania Mirza, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 and No. 7 Maria Elena Camerin of Italy defeated Russian Anastassia Rodionova, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.
In addition, Mervana Jugic-Salkic of Bosnia-Herzegovina overcame China's Zi Yan, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Israeli qualifier Shahar Peer topped Tian Tian Sun of China, 6-4, 6-4 and Angelique Widjaja of Indonesia beat Austrian qualifier Barbara Schwartz, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.
Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus got past Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie of Romania, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; Russian Vera Douchevina dispatched Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld, 6-3, 6-2 and Maria Kirilenko of Russia bested American qualifier Neha Uberoi, 6-3, 7-5.
