/ 2 May 2000

COETZER STARTS WELL IN HAMBURG

SOUTH Africa’s Amanda Coetzer, a wildcard entry, got off to a winning start in the $535000-dollar WTA tournament in Hamburg on Tuesday beating Romania’s Ruxandra Dragomir 6-0, 6-4. Coetzer, who was seeded eighth after an injury-related withdrawal by Russian Elena Likhovtseva, only struggled early in the second set when she had to come back from 3-1 down. Coetzer served out the match at love.