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| February 22, 2006 | Wednesday | Muharram 23, 1427 |
Robredo and Stosur early casualties
MEMPHIS (Tennessee), Feb 21: The seeded Tommy Robredo, of Spain, and Australian Samantha Stosur were first round casualties at the 865,000-dollar ATP-WTA tournament on Monday.
The third seeded Spaniard was a stunning 4-6, 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 loser to Paul Capdeville, who is ranked 127th. in the world and had to qualify to play in the tournament.
Capdeville, of Chile, will face either the 6ft. 10in. Croatian Ivo Karlovic or Danish qualifier Kristian Pless in the second round.
In the women’s draw, American American Ashley Harkleroad caused the second upset of the day by quickly eliminating Stosur, 6-4, 6-3. Harkleroad’s opponent in the second round will be Danish wild card Caroline Wozniacki, who recorded a 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 triumph over Puerto Rican Kristina Brandi.
The second seeded Anna-Lena Groenefeld, of Germany, had a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 victory over Korean Yoon Jeong Cho. Groenefeld’s next opponent will be American Shenay Perry, a 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) victor over Russian Ekaterina Bychkova.
Seventh-seeded American Amy Frazier also moved on with a 6-2, 6-1 victory against compatriot Meilen Tu and Russian qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 win over American Jamea Jackson.
Results:
Men (first round): Paul Capdeville (CHI) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP) 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4; Cyril Saulnier (FRA) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-3, 6-4
Women (first round): Ashley Harkleroad (USA) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6-4, 6-3; Amy Frazier (USA) bt Meilen Tu (USA) 6-2, 6-1; Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) bt Jamea Jackson (USA) 6-3, 6-1; Shenay Perry (USA) bt Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) 6-3, 7-6 (7/2); Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) bt Kristina Brandi (PUR) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
Parmar stuns Paradorn
ROTTERDAM: Britain’s 230th-ranked Arvind Parmar stunned Thai Paradorn Srichaphan, saving three match points to fight into the second round of the 765,000-euro Rotterdam Open Tuesday.
The battling 7-6 (7/3), 5-7, 7-6 (9/7) win from the 27-year-old marked the first victory at ATP level for the 27-year-old Parmar since beating Xavier Malisse at Nottingham in June, 2004.
The unheralded Briton saved three match points in the final tiebreaker, sweeping up the key victory as the stuttering Thai couldn’t handle a service winner after more than two and a half hours.
Parmar came into the field as a lucky loser sitting on the top place in the draw after Rafael Nadal withdrew with a thigh injury at the last moment.
The Briton’s last appearance in a main draw was against Andy Roddick - also as a lucky loser - in the first round of the 2004 Thailand Open.
Parmar has played in only two Challenger events so far this season, in Wrexham, England and Bergamo, Italy, losing both times in the first round.
He was competing in his 41st ATP-level matches in ten years on the circuit.
Parmar joins fellow Briton Greg Rusedski in the second round, with Tim Henman set to play his first match Wednesday against fourth seed Thomas Johansson.
First round results: Daniele Bracciali (ITA) bt Igor Andreev (RUS) 6-2, 6-3; Arvind Parmar (GBR) bt Paradorn Srichaphan (THA) 7-6 (7/3), 5-7, 7-6 (9/7); Christophe Rochus (BEL) bt Jean-Rene Lisnard (FRA) 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4;Oliver Rochus (BEL) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 7-6 (11/9); Fabrice Santoro (FRA) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 6-3, 6-3.
Dubai Open Results
DUBAI (United Arab Emirates): Results Tuesday at the WTA’s US$1 million Dubai Open at the Dubai Tennis Stadium.
First round results: Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Sania Mirza(IND) 6-3, 7-5; Henrieta Nagyova (SVK) bt Kyra Nagy (HUN) 6-2, 6-0; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) bt Martina Muller (GER) 6-2, 6-0; Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Virginie Razzano (FRA) 6-4, 6-4; Kveta Peschke (CZE) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; Maria Kirilenko (RUS) bt Nadia Petrova (RUS) 6-4, 6-1.—Agencies
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