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MADRID, Spain -- Second-ranked Li Na started her Madrid Open campaign by overcoming a stubborn opponent just as third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska did to reach the second round on Monday. Freddie Solomon Jersey . Lis clay debut began with an encouraging 6-1, 7-6 (7) victory over Belgiums Kirsten Flipkens before Radwanska also advanced thanks to a 7-6 (3), 6-2 win over Canadas Eugenie Bouchard. Li, the Australian Open champion, survived two set points by Flipkens, and eventually took the tiebreaker to avoid another surprise first-round exit like last year. Li goes up against fellow Chinese player Zheng Jie next. Bouchard came out on the losing end of a tough match against third-ranked Radwanska, as the Polish player earned her 25th match win of the season. "The tiebreak was the biggest key," said Radwanska, who goes on to play Svetlana Kuznetsova. "I did a couple of good shots in the tiebreak and managed to win that, and that gave me more confidence in the second set." Kuznetsova held off Alize Cornet of France 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 as the Russian continued her good run, including reaching the final in Portugal on Saturday. Also, Caroline Wozniacki was a 6-2, 6-2 victor over Ekaterina Makarova while Spanish player Carla Suarez Navarro followed up from winning her first career title in Portugal with a 7-6 (6), 6-4 win over Yvonne Meusburger of Austria. Ninth-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia was bounced 6-4, 6-0 by Samantha Stosur of Australia. A minutes silence was scheduled to be held at the Magic Boxs Manolo Santana centre court before the evening match in remembrance of Elena Baltacha, a former top-50 British womens player who died of liver cancer on Sunday. In mens first-round play, ninth-seeded John Isner beat Russian qualifier Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-6 (8), 6-4, with the American securing the only break in a match heavy on baseline groundstrokes. Kei Nishikori followed up his Barcelona Open triumph with a 6-4, 6-4 win against Ivan Dodig of Croatia. Nishikori said working with former French Open champion Michael Chang boosted his confidence on this surface as he won his first career clay title in Barcelona. "I did well last week in Barcelona and Im getting better on clay, so hopefully I can go further this week," the 12th-ranked Japanese player said. "There was just one bad game, on my serve at 3-2 in the second set. Otherwise, it was an almost perfect match." Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, while Gilles Simon emerged from another all-French matchup, after Benoit Paire retired, to play Roger Federer next. Stanislas Wawrinka, who is looking to follow-up his Monte Carlos Masters triumph, opens in the Spanish capital against Dominic Thiem after the Austrian beat Dmitry Tursunov of Russia 6-4, 6-2. Other winners were Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, Jarkko Nieminen of Finland, and Spanish players Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez. Solomon Thomas Jersey . 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He will next face Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain, who advanced when Jurgen Zopp of Estonia retired with an injury at 5-5 in the first set.Australias three largest cities — Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane — will host matches at Asian Cup matches, as well as the national capital of Canberra and the industrial city of Newcastle.Heres a look at the five venues for the Jan. 9-31 tournament (group in parentheses; groups listed at end):___SydneyStadium Australia, capacity 83,500.Matches (7): Jan. 10 — Uzbekistan vs. North Korea (B); Jan. 13 — Oman vs. Australia (A); Jan. 15 — Qatar vs. Iran (C); Jan. 19 — Qatar vs. Bahrain (C); Jan. 23 — Quarterfinal, 1D vs. 2C; Jan. 26 — Semifinal, winner match 25 vs. winner match 27; Jan. 31 — Final, semifinal winners.Sydney is Australias largest city and its Harbour Bridge and Opera House help make it the countrys biggest tourist attraction. The stadium in western Sydney, site of the 2000 Summer Olympic opening and closing ceremonies and athletic events, annually hosts the National Rugby League grand final and major rugby union tests.____MelbourneRectangular Stadium, capacity 30,000.Matches (7): Jan. 9 — Australia vs. Kuwait (A); Jan. 11 — Iran vs. Bahrain (C); Jan. 14 — North Korea vs. Saudi Arabia (B): Jan. 16 — Palestine vs. Jordan (D); Jan. 18 — Uzbekistan vs. Saudi Arabia (B); Jan. 20 — Japan vs. Jordan (D); Jan. 22 — Quarterfinal, 1A vs. 2B.Melbourne, capital of Victoria state, is Australias second-largest city and its most sports-centric, with Australian Rules football matches attracting hundreds of thousands of spectators each season. The stadium is the newest venue in the tournament, opened in 2010, and is situated directly across from the Melbourne Park sports precinct and close to the Melbourne Cricket Ground.____BrisbaneBrisbane Stadium, capacity 52,500.Matches (7): Jan. 10 — Saudi Arabia vs. China (B); Jan. 12 — Jordan vs. Iraq (D); Jan. D.J. Jones Jersey. 14 — China vs. Uzbekistan (B); Jan. 16 — Iraq vs. Japan (D); Jan. 17 — Australia vs. South Korea (A); Jan. 19 — Iran vs. United Arab Emirates (C); Jan. 22 — Quarterfinal 1B vs. 2A.Brisbane, capital of Queensland state, is the northernmost venue in the tournament, about an hours flying time from Sydney and two hours from Melbourne. The stadium is home to the popular Brisbane Broncos, six-time champions of the National Rugby League.___CanberraCanberra Stadium, capacity 25,000.Matches (7): Jan. 10 — South Korea vs. Oman (A); Jan. 11 — United Arab Emirates vs. Qatar (C); Jan. 13 — Kuwait vs. South Korea (A); Jan. 15 — Bahrain vs. United Arab Emirates (C); Jan. 18 — China vs. North Korea (B); Jan. 20 — Iraq vs. Palestine (D); Jan. 23 — Quarterfinal 1C vs. 2D.Canberra is Australias new capital city, established in 1911 and designed by American architect Walter Burley Griffin. The lake which now bears his name is a focal point of the citys Parliament and downtown area and is about 10 kilometres (6 miles) from the stadium.____NewcastleNewcastle Stadium, capacity 33,000.Matches (4): Jan. 12 — Japan vs. Palestine (D); Jan. 17 — Oman vs. Kuwait (A); Jan. 27 — Semifinal, winner match 26 vs. winner match 28; Jan. 30 — 3rd Place, semifinal losers.Newcastle is located about 160 kilometres (100 miles) north of Sydney and can be easily reached by train or car in about two hours. The city has a population of about 550,000 and has two professional teams — A-League footballs Jets and the National Rugby Leagues Knights.____Group A — Australia, South Korea, Oman, Kuwait.Group B — Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, China, North Korea.Group C — Iran, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain.Group D — Japan, Jordan, Iraq, Palestine. ' ' '