OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.15am.
SOUTH Africa’s Amanda Coetzer, ranked 13th in women’s world tennis, adavanced to the second round of the European Championships in Zurich on Tuesday when she beat Natascha Zvereva of Belarus 7-5, 6-4 in the first round.
Coetzer and her opponent traded serves twice in the first set before the dimunitive South African bagged the last three games to wrap up the set.
The second-set looked to be a replay of the first when the two again traded serves early, but Coetzer hung in to break Zvereva at 5-4 to take the match.