Wed, Jun 20, 2007 - Page 19 News List

Gasquet wins birthday match

WARMUP After an early exit in Halle last week, the Frenchman celebrated his 21st birthday by moving into the second round of the Nottingham Open

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"Dulko has been improving a lot in the last year," Krajicek said. "I don't think she played her best tennis today."

Also, eighth-seeded Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine defeated Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-1.

The only seeded player to fall was No. 7 Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain, who lost to Russian qualifier Elena Vesnina 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3.

Qualifier Peter Wessels of the Netherlands beat Nicolas Devilder of France and Antony Dupuis of France topped Thiemo de Bakker of the Netherlands, while Tatjana Malek of Germany beat No. 6 Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia.

Kristof Vliegen of Belgium advanced to the second round when Fabrice Santoro of France retired at 1-1 in the second set after losing the first 6-3.

Vera Zvonareva, who has been bothered by a left wrist injury for months, withdrew from Wimbledon on Monday.

The 19th-ranked Russian also missed the French Open because of the injury. She has not played since retiring while trailing Dinara Safina in the semi-finals of the Family Circle Cup in April.

Zvonareva will be replaced by Aleksandra Wozniak. The 19-year-old Canadian lost in the first round at the Australian Open and French Open this year.

Wimbledon starts next Monday.

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