Karatancheva beats German to book date with Davanport

Bulgaria's Sesil Karatancheva shook off a subpar serve that produced 16 double faults, advancing to the second round of the WTA Indian Wells event with a come-from-behind win over Marlene Weingartner. The 15-year-old Karatancheva dropped the first set in a tiebreaker but then settled down to post a 6-7 (5/7), 6-0, 6-2 win over the German on Thursday. Karatancheva, who has put together an impressive 10-5 record so far in 2005, was facing the 25-year-old Weingartner for the first time.
She opened the season by winning her first five matches.
Her next match is against two-time Indian Wells champion and top seed Lindsay Davenport of the United States. The world number one is fresh off a victory at the WTA tournament in Dubai and playing some of the best tennis of her 12-year professional career.
She reached the third round in Indian Wells last year, losing to Russia's Maria Sharapova. Karatancheva played four events in 2004 as a 14-year-old, collecting 70,000 US dollars.
In other first round matches on Thursday, South Korea's Yoon-Jeong Cho rallied to beat Marta Marrero, of Spain, 2-6, 6-0, 6-3, Daja Bedanova stopped fellow Czech Kveta Peschke 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and Alyona Bondarenko, of the Ukraine, defeated Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
COLLATED RESULTS (x denotes seeding):
Women's singles (First Round): Sesil Karatantcheva (BUL) bt Marlene Weingartner (GER) 6-7 (5/7), 6-0, 6-2; Antonella Serra Zanetti (ITA) bt Barbora Strycova (CZE) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1; Daja Bedanova (CZE) bt Kveta Peschke (CZE) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Ludmila Cervanova (SVK) bt Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2; Yoon-Jeong Cho (KOR) bt Marta Marrero (ESP) 2-6, 6-0, 6-3; Alyona Bondarenko (UKR) bt Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; Angela Haynes (USA) bt Mara Santangelo (ITA) 6-4, 6-4; Emilie Loit (FRA) bt Petra Mandula (HUN) 6-3, 6-0; Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (SUI) 7-6 (7/4), 6-4; Jessica Kirkland (USA) bt Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 6-2, 0-6, 7-6 (7/4); Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (ESP) bt Claudine Schaul (LUX) 7-5, 6-0; Lindsay Lee-Waters (USA) bt Michaela Pastikova (CZE) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; Jill Craybas (USA) bt Alexa Glatch (USA) 6-1, 6-2; Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) bt Mashona Washington (USA) 7-6 (7/4), 6-4; Anne Kremer (LUX) bt Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 6-4, 6-4; Shikha Uberoi (USA) bt Akiko Morigami (JPN) 6-4, 7-5.