WTA: Bartoli wins Strasbourg opener

Strasbourg, France (Sports Network) - Fifth-seeded French crowd favorite Marion Bartoli was among Tuesday's first-round winners at the $175,00 Strasbourg International tennis event, a final French Open tune-up.
Bartoli blew past Austrian lucky-loser Nicole Kriz 6-1, 6-0 on the red clay at Ligue d'Alsace de Tennis.
Sixth-seeded Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues also moved into the round of 16 by leveling Ukrainian wild card Yuliana Fedak 6-4, 6-3.
A mild upset came when Italian Maria Elena Camerin cut down 10th-seeded Aussie Nicole Pratt 6-4, 7-6 (7-3).
American qualifier Lilia Osterloh erased Czech Eva Birnerova 6-0, 6-2, while Aussie Alicia Molik snuck past lucky-loser Leanne Baker of New Zealand 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 7-6 (7-5).
Additional opening-round wins came for German Tatjana Malek, Russian Elena Vesnina, Japan's Aiko Nakamura and Thai Tamarine Tanasugarn. Malek will face Bartoli in the second round.
This week's top seeds are French star Amelie Mauresmo and last week's Rome titlist Jelena Jankovic of Serbia. The reigning Wimbledon champion Mauresmo will open her stay here against Uzbekistan's Varvara Lepchenko, while Jankovic will encounter the veteran Tanasugarn on Wednesday.
This week's winner will collect $27,000.