Bartoli ousted in Strasbourg
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Top seed and former runner-up Marion Bartoli of France was one of four upset victims Tuesday at the $235,000 Strasbourg International tennis event, a final clay-court French Open tune-up.
Italy's Camila Giorgi upended the former Wimbledon runner-up and 2011 Strasbourg finalist Bartoli in 6-3, 6-2 fashion at Strasbourg Tennis Club, where rain wiped out Monday's schedule.
Other upsets occurred when French wild card Virginie Razzano toppled second- seeded Austrian Tamira Paszek 6-1, 6-4, American Lauren Davis knocked out sixth-seeded compatriot Christina McHale 7-5, 6-3, and Spaniard Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor erased eighth-seeded Slovakian veteran Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4).
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Four other seeded women avoided the upset bug, as No. 3 Alize Cornet whipped fellow Frenchwoman Mathilde Johansson, 6-3, 6-2; No. 4 Su-Wei Hsieh of Taiwan overcame German Annika Beck 6-7 (6-8), 7-5, 6-1; No. 5 Monica Niculescu of Romania fought back to best New Zealand's Marina Erakovic 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 7-6 (7-5); and No. 7 Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa handled French wild card Claire Feuerstein 7-5, 6-4.
Several other women posted first-round wins, including Italian qualifier Flavia Pennetta, Czech Lucie Hradecka and Swede Johanna Larsson. Hradecka was a finalist here back in 2009.
The second round will be staged on Wednesday, including a match for the crowd favorite Cornet, who will be opposed by Polish qualifier Magda Linette.
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Cornet lost to Italian Francesca Schiavone in last year's Strasbourg finale.
The 2013 Strasbourg champion will collect $41,000.