• Western & Southern Open

Ivanovic makes serene progress in Cincinnati

ESPN staff
August 16, 2011
Ana Ivanovic needed an hour to beat Alexa Glatch © Getty Images
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Ana Ivanovic is safely through to the second round of the Western & Southern Open after she beat American qualifier Alexa Glatch on Monday.

Ivanovic, who has only been as far as the fourth round of the US Open - her worst record of the four grand slams, looked settled on the American hard courts in a 6-0 6-2 victory. The Serb needed exactly an hour on court, breaking five times to set up a meeting with the winner of Nadia Petrova v Roberta Vinci.

No. 14 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova proved too much for home favourite Jill Craybas, earning a 6-3 6-4 win. The Russian now meets Czech Petra Cetkovska who saw off Anabel Medina Garrigues.

The highest seed to advance on Monday was Andrea Petkovic, but it was a struggle for the ninth-ranked player as she came from behind to be Jarmila Gajdosova 5-7 7-6(5) 6-2.

Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson is next for Petkovic, after she recovered from a first-set bagel to beat Monica Niculescu 0-6 7-6(4) 6-3.

Elsewhere, Anastasia Rodionova will provide Maria Sharapova's second-round opposition, and there were wins for Zheng Jie, Lucie Safarova and Daniela Hantuchova.

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