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| October 9, 2003 | Thursday | Sha’aban 12, 1424 |
Dementieva overcomes Petrova in battle of Russians
FILDERSTADT, Germany, Oct 8: Elena Dementieva overcame fellow Russian Nadia Petrova and an inconsistent serve to reach the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix on Wednesday.
She won 6-3 6-3 and was joined by compatriot Anastasia Myskina, who recovered from a disastrous start to advance 0-6 6-1 4-0 when Alexandra Stevenson retired with a back strain.
Dementieva, who with Myskina has been one of the most successful players on the WTA Tour in recent weeks, had her serve broken four times by French Open semi-finalist Petrova.
But for her part, Petrova struggled with her inconsistent groundstrokes and volleys.
Russians have dominated the weeks since the U.S. Open, with Dementieva, Myskina and 16-year old Maria Sharapova claiming all five titles on offer.
There are now two Russians in the top 10, and four in the top 15, and according to Dementieva the success of one inspires success in the others.
Myskina, who has won Leipzig and Moscow in successive weeks, admitted she was tired in the opening set but that her opponent let her into the match.
Results:
First Round: Elena Dementieva (RUS bt Nadia Petrova (RUS) 6-3, 6-3; Ai Sugiyama (JPN) bt Anna Pistolesi (ISR) 6-2, 6-1; Anastasia Myskina (RUS) bt Alexandra Stevenson (USA) 0-6, 6-1, 4-0 retired.
Schuettler triumphs
LYON, France: Top seed Rainer Schuettler, a finalist in his last two tournaments, beat title holder Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-2 6-2 in the first round of the Lyon Grand Prix on Wednesday.
Results:
First round: Rainer Schuettler (Germany) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 6-2 6-2; Paradorn Srichaphan (Thailand) bt David Sanchez (Spain) 6-1 6-1.
Second round: Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) bt Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia) 1-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-2.
CA TROPHY RESULTS
VIENNA: Results from the 765,000 euro CA Trophy ATP indoor tournament on Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding):
First Round: Max Mirnyi (Belarus) bt Jan-Michael Gambill (U.S.) 6-4 6-2; Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) bt Alexander Peya (Austria) 7-5 7-5, Carlos Moya (Spain) bt Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) 6-4 6-7 (6-8) 6-1; Albert Costa (Spain) bt Sargis Sargsian (Armenia) 6-4 6-4.
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