Chakvetadze out in Hobart, Petrova out in Sydney

Third seed Anna Chakvetadze went out in her first round in Hobart yesterday, falling to Carla Suarez Navarro, who defeated her 7-6, 1-6, 7-5. Chakvetadze joins Wozniak and Szavay, other seeds who went out in the first round. Also out are 8th seed Tamarine Tanasugarn, who lost to Iveta Benesova, and Patty Schnyder, who lost to Tsvetana Pironkova.

In Sydney, number 7 seed Nadia Petrova lost to Alize Cornet, 6-2, 6-4.