Second seed Dinara Safina knocked out by Magdalena Rybarikova in 1st round of Unicef Open
By APSunday, June 13, 2010
Dinara Safina falls in 1st round of Unicef Open
DEN BOSCH, Netherlands — Second-seeded Dinara Safina of Russia was knocked out of the first round of the Unicef Open with a 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4 loss to Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia on Sunday.
In other matches, Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia beat British teenager Laura Robson 6-3, 6-4, and Andrea Petkovic of Germany defeated Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 7-6 (6).
On the men’s side, Colombian Alejandro Falla beat Florent Serra of France 6-4, 6-4, and will next face top seed Ivan Ljbicic of Croatia.
Simon Greul of Germany defeated Dutchman Robin Haase 7-5, 7-6 (5).
Justine Henin, who was given a wild card and seeded No. 1, will make her first appearance on grass since Wimbledon in 2007. The Belgian opens against Angelique Kerber of Germany.
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