Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Two of Monday's three scheduled first-round matches were postponed because of rain at the $600,000 China Open.
In the lone result of the day, Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova snuck past Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki 6-0, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1 on the hardcourts at Beijing Tennis Center. Chilean Fernando Gonzalez topped Spaniard Tommy Robredo in last week's men's edition of this tournament.
Day 1's rained out matches were supposed to pit fifth-seeded Swiss Martina Hingis against Chinese wild card Tiantian Sun and Spaniard Virginia Ruano Pascual versus Russian Olga Poutchkova. The two matches will now be part of Tuesday's schedule.
Last year's marquee final here saw Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova defeat France's Amelie Mauresmo. This week's top four seeds -- the U.S. Open runner-up Kuznetsova, Jelena Jankovic, the two-time major champion Mauresmo and two-time Grand Slam runner-up Elena Dementieva -- received opening-round byes.
The 2007 Beijing titlist will collect $88,265.
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