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Results Monday from the Porsche Grand Prix. A US$650,000 (?453,000) WTA Tour event indoors at the Porsche Arena (seedings in parentheses):

Singles

First Round

Li Na, China, def. Nicole Vaidisova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-2.

Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, 7-6 (5), 6-1.

Sybille Bammer, Austria, def. Tatjana Malek, Germany, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.

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Results Monday from the Open de Moselle. A US$530,000 (?369,000) ATP event in indoor hardcourts at Les Arenes de Metz (seedings in parentheses):

Singles

First Round

Jose Acasuso, Argentina, def. Guillermo Canas, Argentina, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.

Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Mario Ancic (8), Croatia, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 7-6 (5), 7-5.

Carlos Moya, Spain, def. Albert Montanes, Spain, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.

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Results Monday from the Tashkent Open. A US$145,000 WTA Tour event played on hard courts at Dynamo Tennis Club (seedings in parentheses):

Singles

First Round

Sabine Lisicki (4), Germany, def. Dilyara Saidkhodjaeva, Uzbekistan, 6-0, 6-1.

Magdalena Rybarikova (5), Slovakia, def. Kathrin Woerle, Germany, 6-4, 6-4.

Sofia Shapatava, Georgia, def. Kinnie Laisne, France, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

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Results Monday from the AIG Japan Open. A US$869,000 (?605,000) ATP event and US$175,000 (?121,000) WTA Tour event on hard courts at Ariake Colosseum (seedings in parentheses):

Singles

Men

First Round

Amer Delic, United States, def. Go Soeda, Japan, 6-4, 6-2.

Takao Suzuki, Japan, def. Yuichi Sugita, Japan, 3-6, 7-6 (6).

Lee Hyung-taik, South Korea, def. Satoshi Iwabuchi, Japan, 6-1, 6-4.

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Women

First Round

Marta Domachowska, Poland, def. Aiko Nakamura, Japan, 6-4, 7-5.

Ayumi Morita, Japan, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 6-1, 6-4.

Kaia Kanepi (5), Estonia, def. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.