Tennis

Azarenka rolls past Santonja in Spain

Published Apr. 6, 2011 1:00 a.m. ET

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Top-seeded Victoria Azarenka breezed past Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the Andalucia Tennis Experience on Wednesday.

Azarenka, coming off a victory at the Sony Ericsson Open, broke four times and saved four breakpoint chances at the clay-court tournament.

In second-round matches, second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova rallied to beat Agnes Szavay 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-2, and former No. 1 Dinara Safina ousted fifth-seeded Tsvetana Pironkova 6-3, 6-4.

Sixth-seeded Klara Zakopalova defeated Lourdes Dominguez Lino 7-6 (3), 1-6, 7-6 (0), and No. 8 Sara Errani downed Kristina Barrois 6-1, 6-2.

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