World number one, Justine Henin, from Belgium returns the ball from her opponent, Francesca Schiavone, from Italy, during the quarter finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Thursday February 28, 2008. Schiavone won the match 7-6 7-6. (UPI Photo/Norbert Schiller) |
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BERLIN, May 7 (UPI) -- World No. 1 Justine Henin breezed through a second-round victory Wednesday at the $1.34 million German Open.
Henin used five service breaks in routing Yung-Jan Chan 6-0, 6-2 and headed into the third round of the claycourt tune up for the French Open. There she'll go against 13th-seeded Dinara Safina, who was a 6-4, 6-3 winner Wednesday over Kaia Kanepi.
Second-seeded Ana Ivanovic, the defending champion, got by Akgul Amanmuradova 7-6 (7-0), 6-2 in her match. She draws Sybille Bammer, who edged Sabine Lisicki 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5) in her second-round match.
No. 3-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Catalina Castano. Her next opponent is 15th-seeded Alona Bondarenko, who defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues 7-5, 0-6, 6-3.
Sixth-seeded Anna Chakvetadze and No. 16 Nadia Petrova were the only seeded players to fall Wednesday. Chakvetadze lost 1-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-4 to Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko beat Petrova 6-3, 6-3.
Other second-round matches saw fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic stop Shuai Peng 7-5, 6-0; 10th-seeded Agnes Szavay drop Zi Yan 6-1, 6-1; and 11th-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska rip Angelika Bachman 6-1, 6-1.
Also Wednesday, Gisela Dulko downed Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 7-5 and Vera Dushevina ousted Alisa Kleybanova 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.