ROME (AP) -Results Monday from the Italian Open, a US$1.34 million (?870,000) WTA event on clay at Foro Italico (seedings in parentheses):
Singles
First Round
Vera Zvonareva (10), Russia, def. Ai Sugiyama, Japan, 6-3, 6-3.
Agnes Szavay (11), Hungary, def. Yan Zi, China, 6-1, 6-1.
Virginie Razzano, France, def. Julia Vakulenko, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-2.
Samantha Stosur, Australia, def. Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, 6-3, 6-2.
Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Russia, 6-1, 6-3.
Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Jill Craybas, United States, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Francesca Schiavone (17), Italy, def. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-5.
Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, def. Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, 6-1, 7-5.
Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, def. Tamira Paszek, Austria, 6-3, 6-0.
Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-3, 7-5.
Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Mara Santangelo, Italy, 6-2, 6-2.
Olga Govortsova, Belarus, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.
