Fifth-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania beat Tamira Paszek of Austria 6-4, 7-6 (6) Monday in the first round of the Barcelona Open before rain stopped play for the day.
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Cirstea broke Paszek five times and dropped serve herself on four occasions. Paszek had five doublefaults.
Kristina Barrois of Germany defeated Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 7-5, 6-2 in the only other match.
Eighth-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic was scheduled to face Russia’s Regina Kulikova before the rain came.