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Post by jimm on Sept 22, 2008 18:40:52 GMT
Hantuchova rolls; Mauresmo loses in Beijing
Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Seventh-seeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova posted a first-round win, while former world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo came up a loser Monday at the $600,000 China Open.
Hantuchova handled Argentine Gisela Dulko 6-3, 6-1, while an unseeded Mauresmo gave way to rising Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 on the hardcourts at Beijing Tennis Center. Cibulkova is now 3-0 against the French Mauresmo this year, including a victory in Tokyo just last week.
A mild Day-1 upset came when Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues took out ninth- seeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki 7-6 (7-3), 6-4. Wozniacki became a seed when Russian star Dinara Safina pulled out of the draw due to a back injury. A third-seeded Safina was this year's French Open and Olympic runner-up and last week's titlist in Tokyo.
On Tuesday, opening-round matches will come for the likes of sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and eighth-seeded Russian Anna Chakvetadze.
This week's top seeds are former world No. 1 Serbs Jelena Jankovic, the U.S. Open runner-up, and Ana Ivanovic, the French Open champion and Australian Open runner-up. Jankovic was last year's China Open runner-up to Hungarian Agnes Szavay.
The 2008 titlist here will collect $95,500.
09/22 10:58:59 ET
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Post by jimm on Sept 22, 2008 18:42:24 GMT
China Open Women's Tennis Update - Sep 22 Beijing, China Total Prize Money: $600,000 MONDAY'S FIRST ROUND MATCHES
Daniela Hantuchova (7) def. Gisela Dulko, 6-3, 6-1 Anabel Medina Garrigues def. Caroline Wozniacki (9), 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 Dominika Cibulkova def. Amelie Mauresmo, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 TUESDAY'S FIRST ROUND MATCHES
Agnieszka Radwanska (6) vs. Jie Zheng Anna Chakvetadze (8) vs. Iveta Benesova Shuai Peng vs. Alla Kudryavtseva Zi Yan vs. Ai Sugiyama Shuai Zhang vs. Alize Cornet Virginie Razzano vs. Aleksandra Wozniak Tamarine Tanasugarn vs. Katarina Srebotnik Na Li vs. Francesca Schiavone Agnes Szavay vs. Yaroslava Shvedova
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Post by Supermarion on Sept 23, 2008 22:32:51 GMT
"mild upset"... huge upset I'd say.
Pressures probably mounting on Amelie to call it a day if she keeps this form up.
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Post by jimm on Sept 25, 2008 20:34:05 GMT
China Open Women's Tennis Update - Sep 25 Beijing, China Total Prize Money: $600,000 THURSDAY'S SECOND ROUND MATCHES Ana Ivanovic (2) def. Alize Cornet, 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) Svetlana Kuznetsova (4) def. Alla Kudryavtseva, 6-2, 6-3 Vera Zvonareva (5) def. Francesca Schiavone, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 Dominika Cibulkova def. Anna Chakvetadze (8), 6-3, 6-2 Poor Anna Anabel Medina Garrigues def. Agnes Szavay, 6-2, 6-2 Jie Zheng def. Ai Sugiyama, 6-1, 6-2 FRIDAY'S QUARTERFINAL MATCHES Jelena Jankovic (1) vs. Daniela Hantuchova (7) Ana Ivanovic (2) vs. Jie Zheng Svetlana Kuznetsova (4) vs. Dominika Cibulkova Vera Zvonareva (5) vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues
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