(E) Both Croatians win first round in Nordic Light Open -

Both Croatians win first round in Finland – Nordic Light Open

WTA Tour Nordea Nordic Light Open Results

At Tapiola Tennis Park

Espoo, Finland

Purse: $140,000 (Tier IV)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Singles

First Round

Ludmila Cervanova, Slovakia, def. Anca Barna (6), Germany, 6-3, 6-4.

Vera Douchevina, Russia, def. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1.

Karolina Sprem (8), Croatia, def. Cristina Torrens Valero, Spain, 6-0, 6-0.

Denisa Chladkova (3), Czech Republic, def. Gala Leon Garcia, Spain, 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles

First Round

Evgenia Koulikovskaya, Russia, and Elena Tatarkova (2), Ukraine, def. Mireille Dittman, Australia, and Helena Ejeson, Sweden, 6-2, 6-4.

Petra Mandula, Hungary, and Patricia Wartusch (1), Austria, def. Clarisa Fernandez, Argentina, and Maria Jose Martinez, Spain, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1.

Laura Dell’Angelo, Italy, and Vanessa Henke, Germany, def. Alyona and Valeria Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-2.

Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukraine, and Silvija Talaja, Croatia, def. Gulnara Fattakhetdinova, Russia, and Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, 6-3, 6-4.