Zvonareva defeated Medina Garrigues 6-3, 6-4 and Kuznetsova bested Suarez Navarro 6-3, 6-1.
Zvonareva broke Medina Garrigues in the second game to go 2-0 up, before the Spaniard broke back in the fifth game. But Zvonareva responded with another break to go up 4-2 and clinched the first set when Medina Garrigues’ forehand went long.
The second set saw five breaks of serve before Zvonareva served out the match, clinching it with a powerful cross-court forehand as she raced to the net.
In the second match, Kuznetsova was never in trouble against the 20-year-old Suarez Navarro, who struggled with her serve and had five double faults.
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