Schnyder, Chakvetadze out at Zurich Open
15/10/2008 17:42
Sixth seed Patty Schnyder and seventh seed Anna Chakvetadze suffered early
exit in the first round of the Zurich Open yesterday.
Schnyder, who won her
11th career title in Bali last month, was upset by Czech teenager Petra Kvitova
6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Chakvetadze was beaten by Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu
3-6, 6-3, 6-2, her fifth loss in six matches since reaching the New Haven final
in August.
The only other seed in action, No. 5 Agnieszka Radwanska of
Poland, defeated Russian qualifier Vera Dushevina 6-4, 6-1.
The 18-year-old
Kvitova announced her arrival on the WTA Tour at Memphis in February when,
ranked 143rd, she became the lowest-ranked opponent ever to beat Venus
Williams.
Schynder became her third win over a top-20 player this
year.
Also, 2007 Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli of France defeated Agnes
Szavay of Hungary 6-4, 6-0 to set up a second-round match with second-seeded Ana
Ivanovic.
Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain will meet Olympic champion Vera
Zvonareva after beating Li Na of China 6-2, 6-4, and Francesca Schiavone of
Italy beat Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Xinhua
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