The No. 4-seeded Dementieva took advantage of her opponent's weak serve Friday to beat Anastasia Pivovarova 6-0, 3-6, 6-3. Dementieva broke serve eight times and was helped by Pivovarova's 11 double faults.
The Safin family swept its second-round matches. No. 2 Dinara Safina beat Mathilde Johansson 6-1, 6-3, and her brother, No. 22 Marat Safin, defeated Oscar Hernandez 6-4, 2-6, 6-1.
Seeded players had first-round byes. No. 2 Roger Federer and No. 5 Andy Roddick were among those with matches scheduled later Friday.
