Topic: Eva Birnerova

Nastassja Burnett posted a first-round upset, ousting second-seeded Lesia Tsurenko in Monday's play at the Tashkent Open in Uzbekistan.

No. 2-seeded Roberta Vinci advanced in straight sets Tuesday despite suffering six service breaks during a first-round match at the Italiacom Open in Italy.

No. 2-ranked Victoria Azarenka withdrew before her second-round match and third-seeded Maria Sharapova was beaten at Wimbledon Wednesday.

Second-seeded Victoria Azarenka and No. 3 Maria Sharapova each advanced with first-round wins Monday at Wimbledon, but No. 5 Sara Errani fell in an upset.

Israel's Shahar Peer and Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium were among the winners in second-round action Tuesday at the Family Circle Cup tennis event.

Twelfth-seeded Julia Goerges of Germany advanced but 13th-seeded Swiss Patty Schnyder was eliminated Monday in first-round play of the Family Circle Cup.

No. 5-seed Aravane Rezai won her first set Monday but dropped the last two in first-round play of the inaugural $175,000 Gastein Ladies tournament in Austria.

Martina Muller, who at No. 2 is the highest seeded player left in the tournament, reached the quarterfinals Wednesday at the Internazionali Open.

Fifth-seeded Marion Bartoli dropped just one game Tuesday in collecting a first-round victory at the $175,000 Strasbourg International tennis tournament. Bartoli had no trouble in eliminating Nicole Kriz, 6-1, 6-0, and advancing in the clay-court tourname

Unseeded Slovakian Martina Sucha knocked off top-seeded Slovenian crowd favorite Katarina Srebotnik Tuesday at the Slovenia Open.