Guangzhou, China (Sports Network) - Fourth-seeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova was one of 12 first-round winners Wednesday at the Guangzhou International women's tennis event.Cibulkova handled Belarusian Tatiana Poutchek 6-0, 6-3 at the Tennis Courts of Fangcun Sports Center.
A trio of upsets occurred, as American qualifier Julie Ditty dropped fifth- seeded Russian Olga Poutchkova 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, Romanian Ioana Raluca Olaru topped seventh-seeded Spaniard Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-2, 6-4 and France's Camille Pin took out eighth-seeded Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1, 4-1, as the Russian retired due to a right knee injury.
Sixth-seeded Belarusian Olga Govortsova avoided an upset by drubbing Slovakian Jarmila Gajdosova 6-1, 6-3 at this hardcourt tournament.
A trio of Chinese crowd favorites advanced, as Zi Yan beat American Vania King 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), qualifier Shanshan Song subdued her wild card countrywoman Chunmei Ji 6-3, 6-2 and Tiantian Sun overcame American qualifier Raquel Kops- Jones 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 7-5.
Additional opening-round wins came for Russian Anastassia Rodionova, Israeli Tzipora Obziler, Aussie Alicia Molik and Spaniard Virginia Ruano Pascual.
On Thursday, top-seeded Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues will take on Croat Jelena Kostanic Tosic in a second-round affair. Medina Garrigues was last year's runner-up here to Russian Anna Chakvetadze.
The 2007 Guangzhou champion will collect $25,855.
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