Top-seeded Daniela Hantuchova beat Ajla Tomljanovic 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 to reach the second round of the WTA Bell Challenge tournament on Tuesday. No. 2 seed Lucie Safarova, No. 3 Tamira Paszek, No. 5 Sofia Arvidsson and No. 6 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova also advanced in the $220,000 WTA tournament. French qualifieer Julie Coin surprised No. 8 seed Anna Tatishvili of Georgia 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Safarova cruised past American Jill Craybas 6-2, 6-1, and Paszek shaded American Ashley Weinhold 6-0, 4-6, 6-2. Arvidsson defeated Russia’s Elena Bovina 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, and Strycova beat China’s Zhang Shuai 6-4, 6-2. Also Tuesday, Croatia’s Mirjana Lucic beat Jamie Hampton of the US 6-4, 6-2,
and American Melanie Oudin lost 6-1, 6-3
to Andrea Hlavackova of
the Czech Republic.
