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Keothavong: Hard-fought win

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Anne Keothavong advanced to the second round of the WTA Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis with a 3-6 6-3 6-1 win over Maria Elena Camerin.

There was disappointment for fellow Briton Melanie South however, as she was knocked out at the first hurdle by third seed Lucie Safarova.

Fourth-seed Keothavong, 25, fought past Italy's Camerin in three sets to earn a second-round date with Portugal's Michelle Larcherde Brito, who breezed past Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-2 6-0.

South was earlier swept aside 6-2 6-2 by third seed Safarova of Czech Republic in a match which lasted barely 62 minutes.

The 22-year-old Safarova fired eight aces and won 90 percent of her first serve points in an accomplished display against the Surrey player.

Stunned

Safarova will face American Vania King, who managed a 6-2 7-6 triumph over American wild card Alexandra Stevenson. King broke Stevenson's serve three times in the one hour, 40 minute match.

Sixth-seeded Sabine Lisicki cruised into the second round with a 6-3 6-3 victory over unseeded Russian Ekaterina Bychkova.

There was one upset as seventh-seeded Russian Alla Kudryavtseva was stunned by Dutch qualifier Michaella Krajicek 6-1 6-4.

Eighth-seeded Pauline Parmentier of France outlasted her compatriot Julie Coin 7-6 4-6 6-1.

In other matches, Michelle Larcherde saw off Sofia Arvidsson 6-2 6-0, Stephanie Cohen Aloro defeated Alexa Glatch 6-3 6-3 and second-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated American Varvara Lepchenko 6-2 6-2.