Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Two of this week’s top-three seeds — No. 2 Anna Chakvetadze and No. 3 Daniela Hantuchova — were among Monday’s opening-round winners at the Luxembourg Championships.
The Russian Chakvetadze got past France’s Mathilde Johansson 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), while the Slovakian Hantuchova handled Frenchwoman Pauline Parmentier 6-2, 7-5 on the indoor hardcourts at CK Sport Kockelscheuer. Hantuchova was last year’s runner-up here to Serbian star Ana Ivanovic, who is not defending her title this week.
Another seeded victor on Day 1 was No. 6 Chinese Na Li, who drilled wild card Mandy Minella, of Luxembourg, 6-2, 6-1.
Additional wins came for German Sabine Lisicki, Italian Sara Errani and Chinese Shuai Peng.
On Tuesday, top-seeded Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva of Russia will take to the courts here against German qualifier Tatjana Malek.
The 2008 Luxembourg titlist will pocket $35,000.
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