THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL, South Korea -- Canadian Stephanie Dubois advanced to the second round of the Korea Open on Tuesday with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 victory over Camille Pin of France. Dubois, the world No. 115 from Laval, Que., is 36 positions behind Pin in the latest WTA Tour singles rankings. Top-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia easily advanced by beating Lenka Wienerova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-0. Two other seeded players won, while two lost on the hard courts of Olympic Park. Third-seeded Kaia Kanepi of Estonia beat Rika Fujiwara of Japan 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-0, and No. 8 Chan Yung-jan of Taiwan defeated Mara Santangelo of Italy 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Fourth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain and seventh-seeded Marina Erakovic of New Zealand were defeated. Suarez Navarro lost to Klara Zakopalova of Czech Republic 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-4, and Erakovic fell to Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-2, 6-0. Other winners included Ayumi Morita of Japan, Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic, Jill Craybas of the United States, Ekaterina Makarova of Russia and Anastasia Pivovarova of Russia.
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