Chakvetadze and Larsson to play in Portoroz final

Anna Chakvetadze defeated 7th seed Palona Hercog 0-6, 6-2, 6-2 today in Portoroz, putting her into a final against Johanna Larsson. Larsson won her semifinal match by retirement when her opponent, Ksenia Pervak, sustained an injury to her wrist.

2nd seeds Maria Kondratieva and Vladamira Uhlirova won the doubles championship. They defeated Chakvetadze and Marina Erakovic 6-4, 2-6, 10-7.

Peschke and Stubbs upset in first round in Sydney

Number 4 seeds Kveta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs were defeated, 6-4, 3-6, 10-5 by Laura Granville and Vladmira Uhlirova in the first round of the Medibank International tournament.