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Defending champion Dinara Safina slumped out of the Italian Open in her first match on Tuesday with a 6-4 6-7 6-1 loss to Romanian Alexandra Dulgheru.The third-seeded Russian, who has missed most of the year's action with a back injury that she says has not yet completely healed, got off to a sluggish start on clay made heavy by rain, going 4-0 down.Safina, who had a bye to the second round along with the other top seeds, pulled level at 4-4 only to surrender the initiative immediately, skewing an easy volley wide to lose serve on the way to conceding the first set.She eventually claimed a topsy-turvy second set on a tiebreak before crumbling in the decider.World number one Serena Williams will make her return to action against Swiss Timea Bacsinszky later on Tuesday, having been out of action with a knee problem since winning January's Australian Open.Venus Williams, also back from an injury layoff at the warm-up tournament for the French Open, cruised into the third round, beating another Swiss player, Patty Schnyder, 6-2 6-2.Twice champion Jelena Jankovic of Serbia needed three sets to overcome American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-3 3-6 6-1.(Reporting by Paul Virgo, editing by Miles Evans; To query or comment on this story emailsportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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