Medina Garrigues takes shutout tennis win

FES, Morocco, April 27 (UPI) -- No. 3-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues posted a "double bagel" victory Tuesday in the first round of the $220,000 Moroccan Grand Prix tennis tournament.

Medina Garrigues needed just 44 minutes to finish off the 6-0, 6-0 victory over Lina Bennani. Medina Garrigues lost only three points during her six service games and won more than two-thirds of the points off Bennani's serve.

Fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber nearly matched Medina Garrigues' feat, beating Fatima Zahrae El Allami 6-0, 6-1.

Carla Suarez Navarro, the No. 1 seed, needed three sets for a 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 win over Ann Floris. Suarez Navarro dropped serve just once outside the second set.

Second-seeded Patty Schnyder was pushed to three sets, eventually defeating Greta Arn 4-6, 7-5 6-1, but it was otherwise not a good day to be an even number seed. No. 4-seeded Melinda Czink was beaten 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) by Renata Voracova, sixth-seeded Petra Martic lost 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 to Alize Cornet and No. 8-seeded Lucie Hradecka fell 7-5, 6-1 to Simona Halep.

Other first-round winners Tuesday were Anne Keothavong, Arantxa Parra Santonja, Laura Pous Tio, Bojana Jovanovski and Katie O'Brien.