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Not too tired Kournikova has no problems winning in Philadelphia
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) -- Anna Kournikova easily advanced to the second round of the Advanta Championships on Tuesday night, beating American Mashona Washington 6-2, 6-0. Kournikova, the popular Russian seeded seventh, is seeking her first WTA Tour title. Last week in Germany, she lost to Belgium's Kim Clijsters in the semifinals of the Sparkassen Cup. "I thought I was going to be tired, but I was playing well and decided to enter," said Kournikova, who did not enter the tournament until Oct. 26. "But I'm much more confident than I was last year." Kournikova won the final 10 games to end the match in 46 minutes. "I'm playing much more aggressive, especially on this surface," Kournikova said of the hard indoor surface. "I'm playing more matches and I'm better when I do that." Australia's Nicole Pratt, ranked 56th in the world, also advanced, beating Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-2, 7-5. American Alexandra Stevenson retired after the first set against Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova because of a right hamstring strain. Stevenson lost the first set 6-3. In the final match of the day, American Chanda Rubin, ranked eleventh in the world and seeded ninth, went three sets before beating fellow American Amy Frazier, ranked 19th, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Rubin is coming off a win at the Challenge Bell in Quebec City where she defeated Jennifer Capriati 6-4, 6-2.
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