Svetlana Kuznetsova fought off an apparently spirited Alisa Kleybanova in the first round of the Medibank International today, winning 6-2, 6-7, 7-5. There were 9 breaks of serve in the match, and a total of 18 double faults.
Also winning were Elena Dementieva and Daniela Hantuchova, who defeated Francesca Schiavone and Virginie Razzano, respectively.
The reunited team of Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs lost to wild cards Casey Dellacqua and Aravane Rezai, and Kimiko Date Krumm qualified for the main draw.
In Hobart, Peng Shuai defeated Sorana Cirstea in straight sets, Alona Bondarenko defeated Sybille Bammer, and Kateryna Bondarenko won her first round match against Lucie Safarova when Safarova retired with a left pectoral muscle strain.
In doubles, the team of Chuang Chia-Jung and Kveta Peschke upset 4th seeds Alla Kudryavtseva and Ekaterina Makarova.
Diane darling, just a correction it's Sydney. yes it has 2 Ys. ;-)
ReplyDeleteOf course it is; I have no idea what caused me to do that. Sometimes my brain just goes off. Thanks for the catch.
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