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ByEurosport

Published 09/08/2005 at 19:00 GMT

Former French Open champion Anastasia Myskina struggled past lucky loser Viktoriya Kutuzova of Ukraine to reach the second round of the Stockholm Open on Tuesday 4-6 6-4 6-0. Meanwhile, third seed Vera Douchevina of Russia knocked out Croatian Ivana Lisjak to advance at the Olympic Stadium

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Myskina, the second seed, will play Camille Pin of France in the second round.
In other first round results, sixth seed Martina Sucha of the Slovak Republic ousted Dane Caroline Wozniacki 7-6 (7-5) 6-1.
Columbian seventh seed Catalina Castano knocked out Stephanie Foretz of France 6-3 7-6, while ninth seed Alyona Bondarenko swept past Selima Sfar of Tunisia 6-3 6-2.
Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson beat Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic 6-4 6-4, while Finland's Emma Laine defeated Maria Sanchez Lorenzo of Spain 3-6 7-5 7-6.
Spain's Arantxa Parra Santonja beat Olga Savchuk of Ukraine 1-6 6-1 6-4, France's Severine Beltrame knocked out Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia 6-1 6-2 and Julia Schruff of Germany thrashed Czech Eva Birnerova 6-3 6-1.
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