Ai Sugiyama gave the troubled Toyota Princess Cup a cheer Tuesday when the Japanese No. 1 beat eighth seed Cristina Torrens-Valero of Spain 6-1, 6-2 in a first-round singles match at Ariake Colosseum.
Ai SugiyamaBut organizers in Tokyo had to cope with the withdrawal of yet another star player in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks in the United States as Monica Seles followed earlier withdrawals by Serena Williams and Jennifer Capriati.
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