Maria Kirilenko Defeats Neha Uberoi
Posted on September 18, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Russian fourth seed Maria Kirilenko had an easy win against India’s Neha Uberoi with 6-2, 6-2 and breezed through to the second round WTA tournament here on Monday. The on-field action was however surpassed by the last-minute pull-out by local favorite Sania Mirza with a right wrist injury.
Third seeded Mirza, will also miss out on the Korean Open next week in Seoul and is a doubtful starter in Tokyo in the following week.
Mirza said that she was looking forward for this meet and she is very upset that the injury is keeping her away from the courts.
Another Russian in fray, Ekaterina Ivanova, also made it to the next round with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 win over Britain’s Naomi Cavaday, while Australian Casey Dellacqua defeated Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak 6-2, 6-3.
In other matches of the day, Indian wild card Kyra Shroff was ousted by eighth seed Yung-Jan Chan 6-0, 6-0 while Slovakia’s Jarmila Gajdosova got the better of Youlia Fedossova of France 6-3, 6-4.
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