Chakvetadze among ousted seeds on Day 2 in Hobart

Day 2 was even worse than Day 1 in Hobart, as three of four seeds were kicked out of the draw, and Anna Chakvetadze was one of them.

No. 3 seed Chakvetadze has had bad results recently, and this match din't help to improve her game, as she fell to Carla Suarez Navarro in three sets, 76(5) 61 75.

Other seeds who were ousted are No. 5 seed Agnes Szavay, who was a victim of British No. 1 Anna Keothavong 63 75, No. 6 seed Aleksandra Wozniak, who held seven match points in the second set against qualifier Urszula Radwanska, but ended up losing in three sets, 36 76(3) 75.

The only seeds to survive their matches on Monday were No. 4 seed Jie Zheng, who won to Marina Erakovic 61 46 61, and Top seed Flavia Pennetta, who won to Shahar Peer 62 76(5).

Monday, January 12, 2009

Singles - First Round

(1) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) 62 76(5)

Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. (3) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 76(5) 16 75

(4) Zheng Jie (CHN) d. Marina Erakovic (NZL) 61 46 61

Anne Keothavong (GBR) d. (5) Agnes Szavay (HUN) 63 75

(Q) Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. (6) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 36 76(3) 75

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. (WC) Olivia Rogowska (AUS) 63 61

Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. (WC) Jessica Moore (AUS) 60 63

Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. (Q) Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 62 63

Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. (Q) Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 61 62

Mara Santangelo (ITA) d. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 61 61

(Q) Melinda Czink (HUN) d. Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 62 16 75