The 10th seed from Belarus was eliminated on Sunday by Gisela Dulko in a 6-1 6-2 defeat.

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Fourth seed Maria Sharapova was also in a hurry, beating 68th-ranked Argentine Gisela Dulko 6-0 6-1 in just 58 minutes.

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In Buenos Aires, Gisela Dulko beat world number nine Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4 3-6 6-4 to give Argentina the early advantage over Russia .

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Henin went out to Argentina's Gisela Dulko in her first tournament since reaching the final of the Australian Open in her grand slam comeback.

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U.S. Open champion Clijsters avoided suffering the same demise as fellow Belgian and former world No. 1 Justine Henin, who lost to Argentina's Gisela Dulko on Friday.

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In other first round action, eighth-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur edged past Argentine Gisela Dulko 7-6 7-5 and 16th seed Nadia Petrova beat Russian compatriot Elena Vesnina 4-6 6-2 6-3.

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The Belgian ace had beaten Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova in straight sets in her opening round match, but found Dulko a tougher test and slipped to a 6-2 1-6 6-4 defeat.

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Belarussian Azarenka reached the Paris quarterfinals last year, but has been suffering from a succession of injuries recently and was blown away 6-1 6-2 by the dangerous Gisela Dulko of Argentina.

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Meanwhile, former world number one Ana Ivanovic continued her disappointing grand slam form since winning the 2008 French Open as she was bundled out by 36th-ranked Gisela Dulko 6-7 7-5 6-4.

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Eighth seed Samantha Stosur beat Argentina's Gisela Dulko 7-6 (7-3) 7-5, and the Australian will face Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez on Tuesday, with the Spaniard having a bye after beating Jankovic in Saturday's Italian Open final.

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Star attraction Henin, who put up a tremendous fight before losing to eventual champion Serena Williams in Melbourne, is returning to the WTA circuit after a 19-month layoff, and looked rusty in her loss to Dulko.

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World number 131 Scheepers had beaten Gisela Dulko, a player ranked 86 places above her, previously in her campaign as she became the first South African to reach the last 16 since Amanda Coetzer in 1997.

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