Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Pervak, Kudryavtseva advance at Tashkent Open

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) — Top-seeded Ksenia Pervak and defending champion Alla Kudryavtseva were the only seeded players to survive the second round at the Taskent Open on Wednesday.

In the quest for a first career title, Pervak beat local wild card Sabina Sharipova 6-3, 6-3, while Kudryavtseva defeated Vitalia Diatchenko 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.

After trading breaks, the 52nd-ranked Pervak, who reached her first WTA Tour final in Baku in July, broke Sharipova twice in the first set and won four consecutive games in the second.

The sixth-seeded Kudryavtseva dropped her serve in the opening game but won the next six games to win the set. Yet, she struggled on her serve for the …

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