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BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Greta Arn of Hungary upset fourth-seeded Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the Gaz De France Budapest Grand Prix on Tuesday.
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Arn, avenging her loss to Benesova in the qualifying stage of this year's French Open, jumped out to a 5-1 lead before the Czech won three games in a row. The second set was decided by Arn's single break.
"Benesova likes to play fast. She has good hands, good footwork, she sees things well, so I knew I had to slow her game down," Arn said. "I managed to do that and made her commit mistakes."
Two other seeded players also lost in the first round.
Sixth-seeded Pauline Parmentier of France lost to Karolina Sprem of Croatia 7-5, 6-2, and eighth-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania, a finalist in 2007, fell to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4.
The top two seeded players, Agnes Szavay of Hungary and Alize Cornet of France, will be making their debuts Wednesday after receiving first-round byes.
