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Vaidisova escapes first round at Gold Coast

Tue 1st, January 2008

Gold Coast, Australia (Sports Network) - Top-seeded Czech Nicole Vaidisova was a hard-fought first-round winner Tuesday at the Australian Women's Hardcourts, an Australian Open tune-up.

Vaidisova dropped the first set against Aussie wild card Casey Dellacqua before charging back for a 5-7, 7-5, 6-0 decision at Royal Pines Resort. Vaidisova's second-round opponent on Wednesday will be German Tatjana Malek, who handled Japan's Aiko Nakamura 7-5, 6-3 on Day 3.

An upset came when Chinese Na Li took out seventh-seeded Austrian Sybille Bammer 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

In a second-round affair, Belarusian Victoria Azarenka secured a spot in the quarterfinals by leveling Ukrainian lucky-loser Yuliana Fedak 6-4, 6-2.

Additional first-round wins came for Aussie wild card Monique Adamczak, German Julia Schruff, Italian Flavia Pennetta and Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova.

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