Former Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo began her grasscourt season with a stuttering 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 win over fellow Frenchwoman Alize Cornet in the first round of the Eastbourne International on Monday. In other first-round matches, fifth-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus retired with a left knee injury after losing the opening set 6-2 against Aravane Rezai of France. Also, eighth-seeded Nadia Petrova defeated Shahar Peer 6-2, 6-2, Gisela Dulko beat Tathiana Garbin 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, Samantha Stosur ousted Katie O'Brien 6-4, 6-3 and Li Na overcame Casey Dellacqua 6-2, 6-4. Ljubicic, Gasquet advance In the Netherlands, Ivan Ljubicic began his title defense at the Ordina Open by beating Robin Haase 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the first round on Monday. Second-seeded Richard Gasquet of France beat Belgian Olivier Rochus 6-2, 7-6 (3) to advance to the second round, along with countryman Arnaud Clement, who defeated Benjamin Becker of Germany 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. On Sunday top-seeded David Ferrer easily advanced to the second round beating Dutch wild card Jesse Huta Galung 6-2, 6-3. French Open finalist Dinara Safina beat Pauline Parmentier of France 6-4, 6-1 in the women's event. Michaella Krajicek beat Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (7), and India's Sania Mirza beat eighth-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-4, 6-3. Cilic upsets Mathieu In England, Croatia's Marin Cilic upset second-seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 Monday in the first round of the Wimbledon tune-up tournament at Nottingham. Defending champion and fourth-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia beat two-time former champion Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden 6-3, 6
