DEN BOSCH, Netherlands, June 13 -- Kim Clijsters went through Monica Niculescu of Romania 7-5, 7-5 to reach the second round on Monday at the Den Bosch WTA tournament, a grass-court warmup for Wimbledon.

After leading 4-2, top-seeded Clijsters lost three straight games before winning three in a row to finish the set.

In the second, Clijsters broke Niculescu in the sixth game, but the Romanian broke right back and then both held serve until Niculescu double-faulted to end the match.

Second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia also advanced, beating Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-4.

In the men's tournament, top-seeded Nicolas Amalgro lost to Michael Berrer of Germany 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Marcos Baghdatis also reached the second round. The second- seeded Cypriot defeated Arnaud Clement of France 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Nicolas Mahut of France eliminated sixth-seeded Adrian Mannarino 6-7 (2), 3-6.

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