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Istanbul Cup Scores & Results: Roberta Vinci Wins First Round Match; Venus Williams Hits Practice Courts

Rica Y   |

Jul 21, 2015 07:39 AM EDT

Tour veteran Roberta Vinci secured her first round win at the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup after defeating Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets with a 6-2, 6-1 victory. The 32-year-old from Palermo, who needed only an hour to send the seventh seed home, dominated the match by scoring 8 aces and winning 88% of her first serve. Next up for the Italian is the winner of the Alexandra Panova and Elizaveta Kulichkova match.