ISTANBUL — Top-seeded Venus Williams was eliminated from the first round of the Istanbul Cup in a 6-4, 7-6 (4) upset by Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko Tuesday. Bondarenko managed three service breaks in the opening set and took a 5-2 lead in the second before Williams rallied, winning four consecutive games and serving at 6-5 for the set. But the momentum swung back Bondarenko's way as the Ukrainian won 11 of the last 15 points to seal the victory. In other matches, Urszula Radwanska of Poland upset third-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 and fourth-seeded Alize Cornet of France beat Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 6-3, 7-5. Francesca Schiavone and Camila Giorgi of Italy advanced, along with Alexandra Panova of Russia, Kurumi Nara of Japan and Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia. Coric, Kohlschreiber prevail Croatia's Borna Coric beat Marcel Granollers 6-3, 6-3 in hot and humid conditions Tuesday to reach the second round of the Croatia Open in Umag. Seventh-seeded Coric next faces Britain's Aljaz Bedene. Sixth-seeded Phillip Kohlschreiber of Germany also advanced after saving five break points to beat Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 6-3, 6-2. Eighth-seeded Martin Klizan of Slovakia had to dig deep to defeat Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain 7-6 (3), 6-7 (8), 6-1. In other first round matches, Bastian Trinker of Austria came from a set down to defeat Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 and Paolo Lorenzi also rallied to beat fellow Italian Matteo Trevisan 1-6, 6-2, 7-5. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Damir Dzumhur and Joao Sousa also advanced to the second round. Jaziri beats Krajicek Seventh-seeded Malek Jaziri of Tunisia rallied to defeat Austin Krajicek of the United States 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of the Claro Open in Bogota Tuesday. In other first-round matches, qualifier Marcelo Demoliner of Brazil defeated Illya Marchenko of Ukraine 6-3, 7-5, while Tatsuma Ito of Japan came back to beat qualifier Matthew Ebden of Australia, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Top-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia and second-seeded Bernard Tomic of Australia will debut Wednesday. Stosur and Goerges win Samantha Stosur made hard work of a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 win over Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia in the opening round of the Gastein Ladies Tuesday. Former champion Julia Goerges defeated Risa Ozaki of Japan 6-3, 6-4. She will next play Daria Kasatkina of Russia, who beat Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia 6-3, 6-1. Karin Knapp saved three match points against Tamira Paszek of Austria before sealing a 6-0, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6) win. Denisa Allertova of the Czech Republic rallied to upset the fourth-seeded Carina Witthoeft of Germany 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Fifth-seeded Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic, a five-time doubles champion in Bad Gastein, advanced to the second round after a 6-4, 6-1 win over Lara Arruabarrena of Spain. Also, Andreea Mitu of Romania saved two match points before beating Austrian wild-card entry Barbara Haas 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5). Other first-round winners included Polona Hercog of Slovenia, Maryna Zanevska of Ukraine, Richel Hogenkamp of the Netherlands, and Annika Beck of Germany. Almagro, Bellucci move up Nicolas Almagro upset fifth-seeded Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 in an all-Spanish contest on clay to reach the second round of the Swedish Open in Bastad Tuesday. Sixth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil beat Swedish wild card entrant Elias Ymer 6-4, 6-2, and next faces another Swede, Christian Lindell. Paul-Henri Mathieu beat seventh-seeded Jeremy Chardy 7-5, 6-3 in an all-French first-round game and next plays Ernests Gulbis of Latvia, who easily defeated Marsel Ilhan of Turkey 6-2, 6-0. In other matches, No. 8 Jerzy Janowicz of Poland took 89 minutes to overcome qualifier Andrea Arnaboldi of Italy 6-4, 7-5. His next match is against Steve Darcis of Belgium, who beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain, 6-4, 6-3. Germany's Alexander Zverev hit nine aces in a 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3, victory over compatriot qualifier Julian Reister to line up a second round match with No. 4 Juan Monaco of Argentina. Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain beat Luca Vanni of Italy, 6-4, 6-4. — Agencies
