Top-seeded
Anastasia Myskina displayed the claycourt prowess that took her to the 2004 French Open title, Tuesday at the WTA claycourt stop in Istanbul defeating Bulgarian teen
Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4, 6-2 to advance into the quarterfinals.
"There were difficult conditions today, as it was pretty windy, but for a first match it wasn't bad," Myskina said. "I'd never played her before, but I knew she beat Venus [Williams] at the Australian Open, so I was ready for a tough match."
In first-round action American
Meghann Shaughnessy continued her torrid play coming off her title at Rabat, on Tuesday ousting No. 3 seed
Anna Chakvetadze 1-6, 6-4, 6-0.
Seeded winners on the day were (4)
Shahar Peer (d. Jackson), (5)
Sania Mirza (d. (WC) Senoglu), and (7)
Mara Santangelo (d. Czink who retired with gastroenteritis).
Other unseeded winners into the second round were Slovak
Dominika Cibulkova (d. Harkleroad 6-0 in the third), American
Mashona Washington (d. (Q) Rybarikova in three), Belarus'
Anastasiya Yakimova (d. (Q) Widjaja), and qualifiers
Tamira Paszek of Austria (d. (WC) Molik from a set down) and Poland's
Urszula Radwanska (d. Camerin).
Wednesday's highlights in Islanbul are Krajicek vs. Mirza, Sprem vs. Washington and Shaughnessy vs. Yakimova.
