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No surprises on Monday morning in Mutual Madrid Open

Xinhua, May 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

Monday morning's play at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament saw good news for the seeds in the women's tournament.

No. 9 seed Agnieszka Radwanska neded just over an hour to win her match against Casey Dellaqua 6-2, 6-2, while 13th seed Lucie Safarova also had few problems in her straight sets (6-3, 6-1) win over Tsevlana Pironkova.

The experienced Russian Svetland Kuznetsova had to dig deep against unfancied Spaniard, Gabine Muguruza, who raised her game with the support of the Madrid fans, but finally lost after two hours and 40 minutes, (6-3, 5-7, 7-5).

Australian, Samantha Stosur also booked her place in the next round thanks to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Finland's Kaia Kanepi.

In the men's tournament Monday morning saw the big-hitting number 16 seed, John Isner get through in two sets, although he was made to work hard for his 7-6(2), 6-4 win against France's Adrian Mannarino. Endi