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Hungarian world champion and three-time Olympic silver medallist Laszlo Cseh (front) and Zsuzsanna Jakabos swim as they test their new Arena swimming suits in Budapest May 27, 2009. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

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    Dementieva makes good start at Madrid Open

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    Sat May 9, 2009 5:51pm EDT

    MADRID (Reuters) - Elena Dementieva, bidding to capture her third trophy of the season, beat American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4 6-1 in the Madrid Open first round on Saturday.

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    The third-seeded Russian, who won titles in Auckland and Sydney in January, broke serve four times and next plays Spaniard Lourdes Dominguez Lino or Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan.

    Eighth seed Nadia Petrova went through when Czech opponent Iveta Benesova retired due to a viral illness with the Russian leading 6-0 2-1.

    France's Marion Bartoli, the 11th seed, was upset 7-6 6-2 by unseeded Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada while 15th-seeded Chinese Zheng Jie beat Maria Kirilenko of Russia 6-4 6-4.

    World number one Dinara Safina, winner of the Italian Open on Saturday, has a bye into the second round and will play Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro or Li Na of China.

    (Reporting by Iain Rogers, editing by Tony Jimenez. To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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