Iva Majoli beats Andreea Vanc at Budapest Tennis

Courtesy B. Mitchell
By Etienne Stekelenburg
April 16 2003

Croatian Iva Majoli defeated Andreea Vanc from Romania at the Budapest Tennis Grand Prix. Majoli wins in three sets 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to advance to the second round. Top seed Iva Majoli could turn the tide after being 0-5 down in the third set.

Magui Serna the Spanish second-seed who won a WTA title at the Estoril Open last week, took with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Angelika Roesch from Berlin Germany, and third-seeded Australian Alicia Molik defeats Stephanie Cohen-Aloro from France 6-1,
6-2.

The qualifier from Argentina Gisela Dulko who just turned pro in January 2001 upsets fourth-seeded Henrieta Nagyova from Slovakia 5-7, 6-1,
6-2.

Hungarian Petra Mandula is through to the next round witn an easy 6-2, 6-0 win over Cristina Torrens Valero from Spain.

In the second-round matches, Ludmila Cervanova defeats eighth-seeded Antonella Serra Zanetti with 6-1, 6-1, and Maria Sanchez Lorenzo beats Klara Koukalova 6-3, 6-1.