Romanian tennis player Alexandra Dulgeru qualified in the second round of the Sonny Ericsson Open in Miami, US, defeating her conational Ioana Raluca Olaru in two sets (6-1, 6-3). The owner of a WAT title (Warsaw, May 2009) is going to meet Viktoria Azarenka from Byelorussia in her next confrontation. Meanwhile, the best-positioned Romanian in the WAT top, namely Sorana Cirstea, won against Portuguese Larcher de Brito, score 7-5, 7-6 (9) and will next have to face favourite number three player Venus Williams.
Sonny Ericsson Open results, March 23 2010 Women's single - first round
M Rybarikova (Slovakia) - L Hradecka (Czech Republic) 3-6 6-4 6-2
S Cirstea (Romania) - [WC] M Larcher de Brito (Portugal) 7-5 7-6(9)
G Dulko (Argentina) - O Govortsova (Belarus) 6-4 6-1
L Safarova (Czech Republic) - K Kanepi (Estonia) 6-7(1) 6-4 6-3
Y Shvedova (Kazakhstan) - [WC] A Tomljanovic (Croatia) 6-7(1) 7-6(3) 7-5
S Peng (China) - V King (USA) 6-4 1-6 6-3
[WC] A Molik (Australia) - A Harkleroad (USA) 6-1 6-1
A Kudryavtseva (Russia) - V Dushevina (Russia) 4-6 6-1 6-4
P Hercog (Slovenia) - B Zahlavova Strycova (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-0
[WC] P Martic (Croatia) - J Coin (France) 5-7 7-6(1) 6-3
P Kvitova (Czech Republic) - T Garbin (Italy) 6-4 6-4
A Dulgheru (Romania) - I Olaru (Romania) 6-1 6-3
Sony Ericsson Open Programme for March 24 2010 STADIUM:
A Chakvetadze (Russia) vs K Date Krumm (Japan) - WTA
[WC] M Ancic (Croatia) vs J Chardy (France) - ATP
J Craybas (USA) vs [WC] J Henin (Belgium) - WTA
[WC] D Nalbandian (Argentina) vs L Kubot (Poland) - ATP
[WC] F Krajinovic (Serbia) vs J Blake (USA) - ATP
M Oudin (USA) vs [Q] M Krajicek (the Netherlands) - WTA
GRANDSTAND:
E Schwank (Argentina) vs M Gicquel (France) - ATP
M Llodra (France) vs [WC] R Harris