Acapulco, Mexico (SportsNetwork.com) - Top-seeded Dominika Cibulkova defeated Yanina Wickmayer 7-5, 6-2 in second-round action Wednesday at the Mexican Open tennis event.
Only one seeded player fell on the red clay at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess, as Marina Erakovic of New Zealand downed sixth-seeded Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia 6-1, 6-4.
Second-seeded Eugenie Bouchard of Canada handled Spaniard Lara Arruabarrena 7-5, 6-2, third-seeded Kaia Kanepi of Estonia outlasted German Julia Goerges 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) and eighth-seeded Zhang Shuai of China cruised past Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada 6-1, 6-4.
Meanwhile, Croat Ajla Tomljanovic drilled American qualifier Victoria Duval 6-3, 6-0, American Christina McHale discarded Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan 7-5, 6-1 and Caroline Garcia of France beat Sharon Fichman of Canada 6-2, 7-5.
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