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| April 12, 2002 | Friday | Muharram 28, 1423 |
Henin struggles for victory
AMELIA ISLAND (Florida), April 11: Second-seeded Justine Henin experienced tentative moments adjusting to the clay surface during her 6-4 7-5 second round win over Clarisa Fernandez of Argentina on Wednesday at the Bausch & Lomb Championships.
Henin, a semifinalist at the French Open last year as well as a finalist at Wimbledon, was making her first clay-court appearance this season.
The evening match between third-seeded Jelena Dokic, who won last week’s title at Sarasota, and France’s Mary Pierce was postponed because of rain.
Three seeded players, seventh-seeded Meghann Shaughnessy of the U.S., eighth-seeded Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario of Spain and 13th-seeded Alexandra Stevenson of the U.S, all lost second round matches on Wednesday.
Shaughnessy, who reached the quarterfinals here last year, suffered a 6-1 1-6 6-0 loss to Paola Suarez of Argentina.
Sanchez-Vicario, a two-time Bausch & Lomb champion, went down to Frenchwoman Nathalie Dechy 6-2 6-2.
Stevenson, who has been bothered with a wrist injury since last week’s tournament in Sarasota, lost 2-6 6-0 6-2 to Anastasia Myskina of Russia.
Henin posted a high 41 unforced errors in her match, although she countered with 34 outright winners.
Results (prefix denotes seedings):
Second Round: 2-Justine Henin (Belgium) beat Clarissa Fernandez (Argentina) 6-4 7-5; Paola Suarez (Argentina) beat 7-Meghann Shaughnessy (U.S.) 6-1 1-6 6-0; Nathalie Dechy (France) beat 8-Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spain) 6-2 6-2; Anastasia Mysinka (Russia) beat 13-Alexandra Stevenson (U.S.) 2-6 6-0 6-2; Conchita Martinez (Spain) beat Iva Majoli (Croatia) 1-6 6-4 6-2; Jill Craybas (U.S.) beat Samantha Reeves (U.S.) 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-3; Elena Likhovtseva (Russia) beat Nicole Pratt (Australia) 6-4 6-0.—Reuters
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