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Vera Zvonareva
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Zvonareva zipped past wild card Sacha Jones, of New Zealand, 6-0, 6-1, while Kirilenko outlasted Estonian Kaia Kanepi 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 on the hardcourts at ASB Tennis Centre. Zvonareva was last year's runner-up here to Serbian Jelena Jankovic.
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"I had this problem for a while," said Zvonareva, whose last singles title came last year in Cincinnati. "And I've just been battling it since the beginning of the week a little bit more, and I really felt it two days ago.
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The top-ranked Belgian broke Zvonareva early but allowed the Russian to immediately recover her serve in the following game. Henin made the decisive break at 3-3 when Zvonareva hit the ball long, and then broke again at 5-3.
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