The Pattaya Open has been
handed a big blow following the withdrawal of its top two players.
Top seed Sabrine Liscki pulled out of the tournament with a
right shoulder injury. Liscki did play in the first round in which she
battled past Donna Vekic in a close three set match. Joining Liscki
on the injury list is Svetlana Kuznetsova
with a left hip injury. Kuznetsova also participated in the first
round and enjoyed a straight sets win over Ajla Tomljanović. There
was also disappointment for 6th
seed Garbiñe Muguruza
who recently reached the fourth round of the Australian Open. Facing
Japanese legend Kimiko Date Krumm,
Muguruza was edged out in three extremely close sets (67 75 76).
Finally the only other seeded player go out in the first round was
Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
Mattek-Sands suffered a comprehensive 62 64 defeat to the hands of
Czech Republic's Karolína Plíšková.
Over
in France at the Open
GDF Suez there is yet to be a
surprise loss but it is still in very early stages. Maria Sharapova
will now know who she will be facing in the second round.
Daniela Hantuchova eased her way to the
sharapova showdown after her opponent Marina Erakovic retired injured
while trailing a set and 0-3 down. This will now be the 11th
occasion the two has meet and Hantuchova hasn't beaten Sharapova
since Tokyo in 2004. 7th
seed Carla Suárez Navarro began
her campaign well with a comftuable 61 64 victory over Johanna
Larsson. Suarez Navarro will face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova after the
Russian's victory yesterday. Andrea
Petkovic set uo a potential second round
encounter with Simona Halep after her relatively easy 62 63 win over
Bojana Jovanovski. Finally the french crowd was given something to
cheer about when Alizé Cornet
battled to a 63 57 62 win over Magdaléna Rybáriková. Cornet will
need as much home support as possible in her upcoming second round
match against 2nd
seed Petra Kvitkova.
Some other news stories
- Stanislas Wawrinka is now the quickest riser with the top 10 on the ATP rankings for ten years!
- Juan Martin Del Potro is to seek medical treatment for a wrist injury.
- Former world number 9 Paradorn Srichaphan joins the expanding list of ex-tennis players going in to politics.
- Finally here is a video of the new Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka returning home:-Paradorn Srichapha
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