January 11, 2005
Four More Seeds Fall on Day 3 in Hobart
HOBART, Australia - After yesterday's first round dismissal by top seed and
defending champion Amy Frazier, four other seeded players followed suit with
losses on Day 3 at the Moorilla International.
No.4 seed Shinobu Asagoe, No.5 Anabel Medina Garrigues, No.6 Maria Elena
Camerin and No.7 Dinara Safina all fell during second round action in Hobart.
However, No.2 seed Gisela Dulko (right) and No.3 Iveta Benesova were spared
from joining the others in finding the exits - but not without some struggles
along the way. Dulko needed three sets to overcome a challenge from Abigail
Spears, 26 63 62 while Benesova also needed three to defeat Barbora Strycova,
63 36 63.
No.8 seed Klara Koukalova turned out to be the only seed who didn't have too
many problems, defeating Marta Marrero, 61 75.
Asagoe, who reached the finals last week at Auckland before her loss to
Katarina Srebotnik, was unable to duplicate that feat this week, falling to
China's Jie Zheng, 62 63. Medina Garrigues also wasn't able to muster a win,
falling to Kveta Peschke, 60 62.
Nicola Vaidisova, the 15-year-old who won two Tour titles last year, reached
her first quarterfinal of 2005 with her 61 46 63 upset of No.7 Safina, while
18-year-old Marta Domachowska advanced with a similar 64 26 62 victory
against No.6 Camerin.
Na Li, who was responsible for the first round upset of Frazier, moved into
the final eight with a 76(1) 60 victory against Australian wild card Casey
Dellacqua.
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