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Russia's Shnaider, ranked 28th in the world,
was 6 of 9 on break-point conversions, to 5 of 8 for Stollar.
Third-seeded Xiyu Wang of China won a battle with Romania's Anca
Todoni 7-6 (4), 7-5.
Other seeded players didn't fare as well. Seventh-seeded Moyuka
Uchijima of Japan lost the first set 6-1, then retired down 1-0
in the second set to Germany's Ella Seidel. Germany's Eva Lys
knocked off sixth-seeded Nadia Podoroska of Argentina 6-3, 6-0.
Other winners included Bernarda Pera, Hungary's Anna Bondar,
Slovakia's Rebecca Sramkova and Russia's Ekaterina Makarova.
Palermo Ladies Open
Argentina's Maria Lourdes Carle lost the first set, then
dominated eighth-seeded Tatjana Maria of Germany 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
in the first round in Italy.
Ranked 93rd in the world, Carle converted 7 of 13 (53.8 percent)
of her break-point opportunities, to 3 of 7 (42.9 percent) for
Maria.
Fourth-seeded Diane Parry of France rebounded to defeat
Australia's Olivia Gadecki 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Fifth-seeded Arantxa
Rus of the Netherlands also needed three sets to oust Italy's
Martina Trevisan 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2.
France's Chloe Paquet defeated China's Saisai Zheng, Australian
Ajla Tomljanovic rallied past Egypt's Mayar Sherif and Croatia's
Petra Martic swept Colombia's Emiliana Arango.
No. 1 seed Qinwen Zheng of China, seventh-seeded Romanian
Jaqueline Cristian, Italy's Lucia Bronzetti and Ann Li of the
United States also won on Tuesday. Li upset countrywoman and No.
3 seed Peyton Stearns 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2, saving one match point
in the second-set tiebreaker.
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