Giorgi wins Katowice opener
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Katowice, Poland (SportsNetwork.com) - No. 3 seed and last year's runner-up Camila Giorgi was among Monday's first-round winners at the Katowice Open.
The Italian snuck past Czech Denisa Allertova 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 on the hardcourts at Spodek.
Giorgi lost to France's Alize Cornet in last year's Katowice finale.
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Two other seeds exited the draw on Day 1, as Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck took out No. 4 Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova 6-2, 6-3 and former top-10 star and two- time Grand Slam finalist Vera Zvonareva of Russia doused No. 6 Italian Karin Knapp 7-5, 6-4.
Another result saw Slovenian Polona Hercog get past Japan's Misaki Doi 6-0, 3-6, 6-2.
This week's top seed is heavy Polish favorite Agnieszka Radwanska, who will face Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in the first round.