THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Stephanie Dubois of Laval, Que., won her first-round match Monday at the Istanbul Cup, a clay-court tuneup for the upcoming French Open.
Dubois defeated Julie Ditty of the U.S., 6-2, 6-3.
Americans Jill Craybas and Vania King both won.
Craybas, seeded seventh, defeated Tzipora Obziler of Israel, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, and King beat Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia 6-1, 6-7 (1), 6-3.
Fourth-seeded Olga Govortsova of Belarus topped Ipek Senoglu of Turkey 6-3, 6-2 and will play Nathalie Vierin of Italy in the second round. Vierin downed Anastasia Rodionova of Russia 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Andreja Klepac of Slovenia beat fifth-seeded Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-3, 7-6 (2). Akiko Morigami of Japan quit while trailing Aiko Nakamura 3-6, 7-6 (6), 4-1. Early in the match, Morigami fell on her left leg, which was bandaged when she started the match.
Marta Domachowska of Poland defeated Marina Erakovic of New Zealand 7-6 (2), 6-3.
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