Summary Elena Vesnina registered a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Ana Ivanovic at Eastbourne.
EASTBOURNE (AP) - Ana Ivanovic was the first seed to fall at Eastbourne when she was beaten 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 by Russia s Elena Vesnina, and 2012 men s runner-up Andreas Seppi needed to fight back from a set down to reach the second round on Monday.
Former champion Marion Bartoli of France eased past Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-3, 6-2 to set up a possible clash with second-seeded Li Na, and sixth-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia defeated Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia 7-6 (5), 6-1.
Ivanovic swept to 4-0 against Vesnina but the seventh-seeded Serb failed to maintain her momentum, and for the remainder of the match she lacked rhythm against an aggressive opponent.
"I think on grass it s very hard to get rhythm. You don t get many long rallies and long points," Ivanovic said. "But overall I was pleased with my serving today, and in the first set I did quite a few good things."
Seventh-seeded Seppi prevailed 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 against French qualifier Guillaume Rufin, and there was also victory for fellow Italian and No. 8-seeded Fabio Fognini, who rallied to beat Slovenian Grega Zemlja 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-4.
Sixth-seededed Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov was beaten 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 by Spain s Fernando Verdasco, and American qualifier Ryan Harrison edged former three-time quarterfinalist Paul-Henri Mathieu of France, failing to serve out the match at 5-4 before winning 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4).
Agnieszka Radwanska and Li top the women s draw, and Milos Raonic and Gilles Simon head the men s event.
