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| May 22, 2008 | Thursday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 16, 1429 |
Seeded Razzano crashes out in first round
STRASBOURG (France), May 21: Taiwan’s Chan Yung-jan lost just one game en route to upsetting third-seeded Virginie Razzano of France on Tuesday and advancing to the second round of the Strasbourg International tournament.
The 18-year-old topped Razzano 6-1, 6-0, in the clay-court tournament billed as a warm-up to the French Open starting next week.
Among other seeds, No 5 Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia cruised 6-3, 6-1 over Germany’s Sabine Lisicki. Eighth-seed Yan Zi of China beat Italy’s Mara Santangelo, who retired at 5-6 in the first set with a left foot injury.
Edina Gallovits of Romania also advanced after Ukraine’s Julia Vakulenko retired with a right wrist injury with Gallovits leading 6-1, 4-1.
In other matches, Ukranian Tatiana Perebiynis topped American Ashley Harkleroad 6-2, 6-1.
Tuesday’s results (prefix number denotes seeding):
First round: Chan Yung-jan (Taiwan) bt 3-Virginie Razzano (France) 6-1, 6-0; 8-Yan Zi (China) bt Mara Santangelo (Italy) 5-6 –
Santangelo retired; 5-Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) bt Sabine Lisicki (Germany) 6-3, 6-1; Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) bt Jelena Dokic (Australia) 6-4, 6-2; Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukraine) bt Ashley Harkleroad (US) 6-2, 6-1; Ana Vrljic (Croatia) bt Rossana De Los Rios (Paraguay) 6-0, 6-4; Edina Gallovits (Romania) bt Julia Vakulenko (Ukraine) 6-1, 4-1 (Vakulenko retired).—Reuters
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