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.
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6 comments:

  1. mjgrace22January 12, 2009 at 11:23 PM

    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.

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  2. DianeJanuary 12, 2009 at 11:27 PM

    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.

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  3. mjgrace22January 13, 2009 at 4:36 AM

    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.

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  4. DianeJanuary 13, 2009 at 8:33 AM

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

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2009 at 8:25 PM

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

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  6. DianeJanuary 13, 2009 at 9:50 PM

    Hong Kong is what I meant.

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