CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Vera Zvonareva has won in her first match since finishing as the Wimbledon runner-up, beating Dominika Cibulkova 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 on Monday at the Mercury Insurance Open.
The third-seeded Zvonareva jumped out quickly against her Slovakian opponent in her return to the court following her straight-set loss to Serena Williams in the Wimbledon finals. But the Russian was forced to scramble back after dropping the second set.
Zvonareva, ranked ninth in the world, did not appear to show any effects from the right hamstring injury that forced her to withdraw last week from the Bank of the West Classic.
Sixth-seeded Marion Bartoli of France was to face Slovakia’s Daniela Hantuchova in the featured night match.
