Peer sneaks past Likhovtseva at Eastbourne

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06/19/2007 - Eastbourne, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sixth-seeded Israeli Shahar Peer highlighted Tuesday's first-round winners at the $600,000 International Women's Open, a final Wimbledon tune-up.

Peer held off Russian qualifier Elena Likhovtseva 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 on the grass courts at Devonshire Park International Tennis Centre. Peer's second-round opponent here on Wednesday will be Japan's Aiko Nakamura.

In other action involving seeds, No. 9 Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli blew past Italian Tathiana Garbin 6-2, 6-3 and No. 9 Austrian Sybille Bammer blasted Russian Maria Kirilenko by an identical 6-2, 6-3 score.

Additional Day-2 wins came for Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, British qualifiers Elena Baltacha and Katie O'Brien, France's Nathalie Dechy, the qualifier Nakamura and Italian Mara Santangelo. Radwanska dropped American lucky-loser Jill Craybas 6-2, 5-7, 6-0.

This week's top seeds are Wimbledon runner-up and reigning three-time French Open champion Justine Henin and Wimbledon titlist Amelie Mauresmo. The Belgian Henin, who beat Russian Anastasia Myskina in last year's Eastbourne finale, will face Radwanska here on Wednesday, while Mauresmo will encounter Santangelo.

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