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Qualifier Galina Voskoboeva tops No. 9 Marion Bartoli 6-3, 6-3 in first round at Rogers Cup

Qualifier Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan beat No. 9 seed Marion Bartoli of France 6-3, 6-3 Monday in the first round of the Rogers Cup.Bartoli struggled with her serve throughout the match, giving away four double-fault points, while Voskoboeva capitalized on her opportunities by winning four of her six break points."It was a day when nothing was working," Bartoli said. "I tried my hardest but I committed so many mistakes it was hard to win. I was not feeling the ball and my legs were not moving. I was late on everything and committing a lot mistakes, especially on my backhand."Bartoli was making her eighth appearance at the Rogers Cup and first since a first-round defeat in 2009 when she lost as the 13th seed to Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko."Something is not going well for me here in Toronto," Bartoli said. "I don't know if it is the surface or the humidity or something, but it's been a two-year gap and it's the same kind of match."Germany's Julia Goerges topped No. 15 seed Jelena Jank...

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