Alexandra has it easy in Toray Open

TOKYO, FEBRUARY 1: Wimbledon sensation Alexandra Stevenson needed only 20 minutes to clear the first round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament on Tuesday. The 19-year-old American led 4-1 when Maria Antonia Sanchez Lorenzo of Spain quit with a back injury.

Other results: Corina Morariu (US) bt Tathiana Garbin (Italy) 6-3 6-3; Irina Selyutina (Kazakh) bt Nadej Dapetrova (Russia) 6-2 6-4; Lilia Osterloh (US) bt Shinobu Asagoe (Jap) 6-2 4-6 6-2; Anna Kournikova (Russia) bt Anne-Gaelle Sidot (France) 6-3 6-2; Cara Black (Zimbabwe) bt Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria) 7-5 2-6 6-2.

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