Tennis: Petra Kvitová advances to Australian Open second round

Czech tennis player Petra Kvitová beat Russia’s Vera Dushevina 6:2, 6:0 on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Australian Open. In the first set, the Czech lost her serve but nevertheless dominated in the match which she wrapped in just over an hour. Second seed Kvitová will face Carla Suarez-Navarra from Spain next.

Tomáš Berdych, Iveta Benešová, Lucie Hradecká and Petra Cetkovská have also advanced to the second round of the season's first Grand Slam event.