Kirilenko and Ivanovic open with wins at Rogers Cup women’s tournament

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Eugenie Bouchard of Canada waves to the crowd after defeating Alisa Kleybanova of Russia in their Rogers Cup women\'s tennis match in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

TORONTO – No. 11 seed Maria Kirilenko of Russia and 16th-seeded Serb Ana Ivanovic won in straight sets at the Rogers Cup women’s tennis tournament Tuesday.

Kirilenko cruised by qualifier Petra Martic of Croatia 6-2, 6-1 while Ivonovic defeated Su-Wei Hsieh of Taiwan, 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the second round.

In other early matches, Ekaterina Makarova of Russia beat Anastasia Rodionova of Australia 6-1, 7-5 while American qualifier Lauren Davis edged Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 and France’s Alize Cornet beat Russia’s Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-3.

Later Tuesday, Venus Williams faces Kristen Flipkens of Belgium while Sharon Fichman and Stephanie Dubois face off in an all-Canadian match and rising star Eugenie Bouchard of Montreal plays Alisa Kleybanova of Russia.

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