Daniela Hantuchova Moves To the Second Round
Posted on September 20, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Slovak second seed Daniela Hantuchova moved into the second round of the WTA Sunfeast Open on Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-1 win against Poland’s Maria Domachowska. Hantuchova’s dominant serve and brand double-handed backhand gave the Polish qualifier little chance in the one-sided encounter that lasted barely an hour.
Even England’s Anne Keothavong and Maria Koryttseva of Ukraine have made it to the second round. Keothavong has beaten Italian Sara Errani 6-4, 6-4 while Koryttseva defeated Australian Monique Adamczak 6-3, 6-3.
Eighth seed Chan Yung-jan of Taiwan and Tzipora Obziler of Israel advanced to the quarter-finals of this Tier-III event. Obziler, who upset ninth seed Russian Yaroslava Shvedova on Tuesday, took time to get into the channel before winning 4-6, 6-3, and 7-5 against Australian Casey Dellacqua.
Chan made short work of Jarmila Gajdosova from Slovakia, winning 6-1, 6-2. In a late-night match on Tuesday, top seed Marion Bartoli of France was shaken by 18-year-old American Vania King 6-1, 7-5.
In another late match late on Tuesday, India’s Sunitha Rao, ranked 211, defeated a jolt at the hands of lucky loser Sandy Gumulya of Indonesia before making it to the second round with a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 win.
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