Updated: April 28, 2008, 1:33 PM ET
Kanepi, Vinci, Poutchek advance to second round
PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- Eighth-seeded Kaia Kanepi of Estonia beat Karolina Sprem of Croatia 7-5, 6-0 in the first round of the Prague Open on Monday.
Kanepi was the only seeded player in action on the tournament's opening day.
Roberta Vinci of Italy defeated Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-0 and Tatiana Poutchek edged Ekaterina Dzehalevich 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 in other matches.
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