Dementieva reaches 2nd round in Dubai (AP) Eighth-seeded Elena Dementieva beat Patty Schnyder 7-5, 6-0 Monday to advance to the second round of the Dubai Championships. Dementieva saved two set points in the first set and then breezed through the second after Schnyder had to take a medical timeout with a pulled right hamstring. "I knew it would be a tough opening match against Patty, and that's how it turned out," Dementieva said. Publish Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:10:59 PST Read more...