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Henin, Mauresmo win at the German Open

BERLIN, May 9 (UPI) -- Former champions Justine Henin of Belgium and Amelie Mauresmo of France were among Wednesday's second-round winners at the clay-court German Open in Berlin.

Henin, who is No. 1 in the latest women's world rankings, easily beat German wild card Tatjana Malek, 6-1, 6-1. Mauresmo, the former No. 1, cruised past Chinese qualifier Zi Yan, 6-3, 6-3.

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Third-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Sybille Bammer, 6-1, 7-5; No. 4 seed Martina Hingis topped qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko, 7-5, 7-6 (9-7); fifth-seeded Jelena Jankovic held off Anabel Medina Garrigues, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5; and Maria Elena Camerin beat No. 14 Na Li of China, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Other winners were No. 8 Dinara Safina, Lucie Safarova, Elena Dementieva, Ana Ivanovic, Martina Muller, Patty Schnyder, defending Berlin champion Tatiana Petrova and Alona Bondarenko.

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