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Published on September 26, 2007

The Thai defeated Australian Casey Dellacqua 1-6 6-3 6-2.

In the second round, Tamarine meets top-seeded American Venus Williams who crushed compatriot Abigail Spears 6-2 6-3.

Tamarine had already made an early exit from the doubles. Paired with Martina Muller of Germany, the duo lost to Greece's Eleni Danillidou and Britain's Jasmin Woehr 6-4 6-2.

Despite warm conditions at Seoul's Olympic Park tennis arena, Wimbledon champion Williams barely broke a sweat as she used her powerful serve to dominate the match. Spears, whose right arm was heavily strapped, failed to win a single point from Williams's first serve in the opening set.

In the second set, Williams broke again in the opening game and held off a late rally from Spears to complete a comfortable win. "In a competition where there are few Americans, I don't know why I played against one in the first game," Williams said. "I was happy with my serve as it got me through some difficult moments at break points."

The Nation