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Fourth seed Elena Dementieva advanced into the third round of China Open.She continued her golden run with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Hungarian Melinda Czink in the second round of the $6.6 million China Open on Tuesday.
The Russian struggled with her serve a little during the game but had an easy win over the world number 51 Czink.
The Russian is hopeful about her fourth title of the season.
The second seed Serena Williams will reclaim the number one world ranking if she beats Ekaterina Makarova.
In other matches, 226th-ranked Chinese wildcard Zhang Shuai crushed Dinara Safina on Monday evening .This ended the Russian's 25-week reign at the top.
The 2004 China Open champion Marat Safin had a straight set first round win over Argentine Jose Acasuso.
American James Blake also advanced into the men's second round defeating German qualifier Florian Mayer by 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
