Tennis

Dellacqua eliminates Peer at Brussels

Published May. 16, 2011 1:00 a.m. ET

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Fifth-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel has lost to Casey Dellacqua of Australia 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 in the opening round of the Brussels Open.

On the first day of this clay-court tuneup for the French Open, Varvara Lepchenko of the U.S. defeated An-Sophie Mestach of Belgium 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Monday. Another American, CoCo Vandeweghe, lost 6-3, 7-6 (4) to Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson beat

Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic edged Ksenia Pervak of Russia 7-5, 3-6, 6-4.

Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki has a bye in the first round. The French Open starts Sunday.

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