'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands, June 17 (UPI) -- Defending champion Anna Chakvetadze notched a second-round victory Tuesday at the Ordina Open tennis tournament in the Netherlands.
Chakvetadze, seeded second and given a first-round bye, escaped a threat from qualifier Angelique Kerber after a relatively easy first set. Chakvetadze took the first set in nine games, but Kerber answered by winning the second set, also 6-3, and forced the third set into a tiebreaker before Chakvetadze won 7-1 in the tiebreaker.