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Li Na and Angelique Kerber advance at Eastbourne WTA event
The second-seeded Chinese Li Na player will play 2011 champion Marion Bartoli of France in the second round.
- Associated Press
- Updated: June 18, 2013 08:10 PM IST
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Eastbourne:
Li Na advanced to the second round at Eastbourne on Tuesday, beating Alize Cornet of France 6-2, 6-4.
The second-seeded Chinese player will next play 2011 champion Marion Bartoli of France.
Play was suspended at 3-2 in the second set when a spectator in the stands collapsed.
There were also victories for third-seeded and 2012 runner-up Angelique Kerber of Germany, who defeated Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-4, fourth-seeded Czech Petra Kvitova, who dismissed Romanian Monica Niculescu 6-4, 6-1 and fifth-seeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki, who advanced leading 6-2, 2-2 when defending champion Tamira Paszek of Austria retired with a left-thigh injury.
Topics mentioned in this article
Tennis
Gilles Muller
AFC Wimbledon
Maria Sharapova
Francesca Schiavone
Marion Bartoli
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Caroline Wozniacki
Yanina Wickmayer
Na Li
Alize Cornet
Angelique Kerber
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