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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 heads seeded players through at Charleston

    MIAMI
    Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:12pm EDT

    MIAMI (Reuters) - Russian top seed Elena Dementieva eased into the third round of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston on Tuesday with a 6-0 6-2 win over American Julie Ditty.

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    A convincing Dementieva won 78 percent of first serve points against the 30-year-old Ditty who is ranked 124th in the world.

    Another Russian, third seed Vera Zvonareva also had a smooth passage through the second round with a 6-3 6-2 win over Paraguay's Rossana De Los Rios.

    Nadia Petrova, who won the 2006 tournament, had a tougher battle against Austria's Patricia Mayr, before eventually winning 6-1 2-6 6-2.

    Second seed Venus Williams starts her campaign against India's Sania Mirza on Wednesday while Denmark's rising talent Caroline Wozniacki takes on Russian Alla Kudryavtseva.

    (Reporting by Simon Evans in Miami; Editing by Greg Stutchbury; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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