Radwanska through in Tashkent

Urszula Radwanska was among three seeded players to advance to the second round of the Tashkent Open on Monday.

Three seeded players advance in Tashkent Open

Urszula Radwanska was among three seeded players to advance to the second round of the Tashkent Open on Monday. After trailing 5-1 in the second set, second seed Radwanska rallied back to win six games on the trot to claim a 6-4 7-5 victory against her Spanish rival Maria Teresa Torro. Third-seeded Alize Cornet of France also progressed into the second round of the WTA tournament in Uzbekistan with a 6-1 6-3 defeat of Russia's Nina Bratchikova. Alexandra Panova, the seventh seed, beat Australia's Jarmila Gajdosova in three sets (4-6 6-2 7-5). Gajdosova had saved three match points to level the third set at 5-5 before Panova took the final two games. In other matches, Spain's Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino defeated Slovakia's Jana Cepelova 6-1, 6-2 in little more than an hour while Sabina Sharipova downed Vlada Ekshibarova 6-4, 7-5 in a clash between wild cards from Uzbekistan.