Tennis: Hantuchova advances in Quebec

QUEBEC CITY: Top-seed Daniela Hantuchova beat Ajla Tomljanovic 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 to reach the second round of the WTA Bell Challenge tournament. Lucie Safarova cruised past American Jill Craybas 6-2, 6-1, while Tamira Paszek overcame American Ashley Weinhold 6-0, 4-6, 6-2. Sofia Arvidsson defeated Russia’s Elena Bovina 2-6, 6-1, 6-2. Croatia’s Mirjana Lucic beat Jamie Hampton of the US 6-4, 6-2, and American Melanie Oudin lost 6-1, 6-3 to Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic. French qualifieer Julie Coin surprised eighth-seed Anna Tatishvili of Georgia 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 15^th, 2011.