Football
Associated Press 17y

Peer beats Bartoli in first round at Generali

LINZ, Austria -- Shahar Peer defeated Marion Bartoli of
France 6-3, 7-6 (4) Monday in the first round at the Generali
Ladies.

Samantha Stosur of Australia advanced to the second round after
Maria Kirilenko retired with a hip injury while trailing 6-4, 3-2.

Peer, now 5-0 against the 19th-ranked Bartoli, broke serve three
times in the first set and led 3-0 in the second. But Bartoli broke
back and led 3-0 in the tiebreaker before Peer won six straight
points.

Peer will play defending champion Nadia Petrova, who had a bye
in the first round.

Stosur converted only one of nine break points in the first set
and had another break early in the second before Kirilenko retired.

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