Tennis

Flipkens beats top-seeded Cibulkova

Published Sep. 12, 2012 1:00 a.m. ET

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Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens beat top-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday in the first round of the Bell Challenge.

In second-round play, American Lauren Davis routed second-seeded Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 6-1, 6-1; third-seeded Mona Barthel of Germany beat Slovenia's Petra Rampre 6-2, 6-1; and sixth-seeded Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic topped Germany's Tatjana Malek 6-3, 6-3.

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