Thursday, September 18, 2008

Top seed through; two seeds ousted

On Day 3 of the TOE Life Ceramics Guangzhou International Women's Open, it was a happy day for some seeds and a sad day for others.

Vera Zvonareva, seeded 1st, played her debut match and finished it with victory, against Anastasia Rodionova, 61 62.

Among the four Chinese players left in the draw, Shuai Peng advanced to the next round after beating Mara Santangelo, 64 62; but lucky loser Chen Yanchong, who was lucky to get into the main draw when Marta Domachowska pulled out, wasn't lucky in her first round match against Camille Pin, when the Frenchwoman demolished Yanchong, 62 63.

The seeds who fell by the wayside were No.6 seed Olga Govortsova of Belarus, who lost 62 75 to her doubles partner this week, American veteran Jill Craybas; and No.8 seed Mariya Koryttseva, who was subdued by Karin Knapp of Italy, 64 64. Both upset artists advance to the quarterfinals.

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