Monday, January 12, 2009

Top seed out of Hobart--ALL seeds out of Hobart

Flavia Pennetta, number 1 seed in Hobart, is out in the second round, defeated by Magdalena Rybarikova, 7-5, 6-3. Rybarikova, who is ranked number 57 in the world, broke Pennetta five times. 

Pennetta was not the only seed who went out of Hobart tonight. 4th seed Zheng Jie was defeated, 6-3, 6-3 by Gisela Dulko, and 7th seed Alona Bondarenko was defeated, 6-2, 6-1, by Petra Kvitova. 

The second round is over, and there are no seeds remaining in Hobart.

There was also a retirement: Urzula Radwanska retired against Melinda Czink in the first set.

6 comments:

mjgrace22 said...

Now that all seeds are out, I have a feeling that Nastya Pavlyuchenkova will either reach the finals or win her maiden title at this event.

Diane said...

It's a good opportunity for Pavlyuchenkova, yes. I'm watching Dulko, too. If she continues to play at her top level, she also has a shot at the title. She's been on a roll since Hopman Cup.

mjgrace22 said...

Oh yeah, Dulko. Another enigma. It would be really nice if she could pull off her maiden title as well here.

I am so disappointed with Dulko, and count Domachowska in as well. A few years ago, I touted them as the ones to watch but I don't know what happened to them.

Diane said...

Dulko has won three titles, but she should have won more.

Anonymous said...

Hopman Cup? Argentina didn't play that this year.

Diane said...

Hong Kong is what I meant.