sentences:  Pierce returned to the team, having embarked on a small comeback in recent months, joining Mauresmo in playing singles.Despite Russia having four Top 15 players in Elena Dementieva, Anastasia Myskina, Nadia Petrova and Vera Zvonareva, No.4 Mauresmo easily defeated Zvonareva, 6–2, 6–2, to get off the French to a fantastic start.