Both Croatians win first round in Finland – Nordic Light Open
WTA Tour Nordea Nordic Light Open Results
At Tapiola Tennis Park
Espoo, Finland
Purse: $140,000 (Tier IV)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Ludmila Cervanova, Slovakia, def. Anca Barna (6), Germany, 6-3, 6-4.
Vera Douchevina, Russia, def. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1.
Karolina Sprem (8), Croatia, def. Cristina Torrens Valero, Spain, 6-0, 6-0.
Denisa Chladkova (3), Czech Republic, def. Gala Leon Garcia, Spain, 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles
First Round
Evgenia Koulikovskaya, Russia, and Elena Tatarkova (2), Ukraine, def. Mireille Dittman, Australia, and Helena Ejeson, Sweden, 6-2, 6-4.
Petra Mandula, Hungary, and Patricia Wartusch (1), Austria, def. Clarisa Fernandez, Argentina, and Maria Jose Martinez, Spain, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1.
Laura Dell’Angelo, Italy, and Vanessa Henke, Germany, def. Alyona and Valeria Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-2.
Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukraine, and Silvija Talaja, Croatia, def. Gulnara Fattakhetdinova, Russia, and Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, 6-3, 6-4.
Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/08/04/sports1349EDT0329.DTL
