Fifth-seeded Nadia Petrova of Russia easily advanced to the second round of the Kremlin Cup, beating teenager Yana Buchina 6-2, 6-0 on Monday. In the men's first round, third-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, also of Russia, defeated Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 6-1, 7-6 (5). The 17th-ranked Petrova had little trouble against her fellow Russian, the runner-up at the junior U.S.
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