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A little tour and then off to Varvara Gracheva. Since her third round at Roland Garros, the Russian has lost four games in a row, and even a fifth this Wednesday for her entry into the running in Gdynia. The No. 7 seed lost in three sets and 2:33 hours of play against Slovakia Viktoria Kuzmova, who has just played the quarter-finals in Prague: 6-4, 6-7, 7-5. Kuzmova won the first set by breaking at 4-4, then lost the second 7-4 in the tie-break, before winning the third by winning the last four games of the match. She will face the Belgian Zanevska for a place in the quarterfinals.

GDYNIA (Poland, WTA 250, clay, € 235,238)
Holder of the title (in Sopot, in 2004): Flavia Pennetta (ITA)

Round of 16
Parrizas Diaz (ESP, n°9) – Anshba (RUS, LL)
Zanevska (BEL) – Kuzmova (SLQ)
Begu (ROU, n ° 3) – Kawa (POL)
Kozlova (UKR) – Sasnovich (BIE, n ° 6)

Gorgodze (GEO, Q) – Lepchenko (USA)
Kucova (SLQ) – Bara (ROU, n ° 10)
Schmiedlova (SLQ) – Bondar (HUN, Q)
Falkowska (POL, LL) – Korpatsch (ALL)

1st round
Parrizas Diaz (ESP, n°9) bat Frech (POL): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Anshba (RUS, LL) bat Tan (FRA) : 6-4, 6-2
Zanevska (BEL) bat Loeb (USA, LL) : 6-2, 6-0
Kuzmova (SLQ) bat Gracheva (RUS, n ° 7): 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-5

Begu (ROU, n°3) beat Bonaventure (BEL): 6-1, 6-2
Coffee (POL) bat Mrdeza (CRO, LL) : 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
Kozlova (UKR) bat Volynets (USA, WC) : 7-6 (3), 6-2
Sasnovich (BIE, n°6) bat Baszak (POL, WC) : 3-6, 6-1, 6-2

Gorgodze (GEO, Q) bat Zakharova (RUS, LL): 5-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1
Lepchenko (USA) bat Melnikova (RUS, LL) : 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
Kucova (SLQ) bat Radwanska (POL, WC): 6-2, 6-1
Bara (ROU, n ° 10) bat Di Sarra (ITA, Q): 6-3, 1-6, 7-5

Schmiedlova (SLQ) bat Blinkova (RUS, n ° 5): 6-3, 6-3
Bondar (HUN, Q) bat Olianovskaia (RUS, WC) : 7-5, 6-3
Falkowska (POL, LL) bat Bondarenko (UKR, Q): 6-0, 6-2
Korpatsch (ALL) bat Govortsova (BIE, n ° 11): 1-6, 7-5,7-5