WTA TOUR ASB BANK CLASSIC



WTA TOUR ASB BANK CLASSIC
Tuesday
At ASB Bank Tennis Centre
Auckland, New Zealand
Purse: $145,000 (Tier IV)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles First Round
Julia Schruff, Germany, def. Jelena Dokic, Australia, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-1.
Laura Granville, United States, def. Shenay Perry, United States, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.
Marion Bartoli (6), France, def. Emilie Loit, France, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1.
Cho Yoon-jeong, South Korea, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 7-6 (0), 6-4.
Kristina Brandi, Puerto Rico, def. Catalina Castano, Colombia, 7-5, 6-1.
Vera Zvonareva (8), Russia, def. Paola Suarez, Argentina, 6-2, 6-3.
Maria Sanchez Lorenzo, Spain, def. Shinobu Asagoe (7), Japan, 6-0, 3-6, 6-2.
Jill Craybas, United States, def. Ashley Harkleroad, United States, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4).
Tzipi Obziler, Israel, def. Jamea Jackson, United States, 6-3, 6-2.
Maria Kirilenko (4), Russia, def. Olga Blahotova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-1.
Elena Likhovtseva (3), Russia, def. Akiko Morigami, Japan, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5.
Daniela Hantuchova (2), Russia, def. Yulia Beygelzimer, Ukraine, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Vera Dushevina, Russia, def. Anne Kremer, Luxembourg, 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles First Round
Shinobu Asagoe, Japan, and Katarina Srebotnik (3), Slovenia, def. Tina Krizan, Slovenia, and Jennifer Russell, United States, 6-3, 6-2.
Emilie Loit, France, and Barbora Strycova (4), Czech Republic, def. Laura Granville and Abigail Spears, United States, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Yulia Beygelzimer, Ukraine, and Mervana Jugic-Salkic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, def. Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, and Jasmin Woehr, Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Julia Schruff, Germany, and Agnes Szavay, Hungary, def. Maria Kirilenko, Russia, and Paola Suarez (2), Argentina, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Claire Curran, Britain, and Natalie Grandin, South Africa, def. Jill Craybas and Meilen Tu, United States, 7-5, 6-2.
Elena Likhovtseva and Vera Zvonareva (1), Russia, def. Leanne Baker, New Zealand, and Francesca Lubiani, Italy, 6-4, 6-1.
ATP NEXT GENERATION ADELAIDE
INTERNATIONAL
Tuesday
At Memorial Drive
Adelaide, Australia
Purse: $419,000 (Intl. Series)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles First Round
Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Juan Ignacio Chela (8), Argentina, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
Mark Philippoussis, Australia, def. Vince Spadea, United States, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Florian Mayer, Germany, def. Juan Monaco, Argentina, 6-2, 6-4. Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Boris Pashanski, Serbia & amp; Montenegro, 6-4, 6-4. James Blake (5), United States, def. Alberto Martin, Spain, 6-3, 6-3. Florent Serra, France, def. Michael Llodra, France, 3-6, 3-1, retired.
Jarkko Nieminen (7), Finland, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-2, 7-6 (5).
Andy Murray, Britain, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2. Kenneth Carlsen, Denmark, def. Gregory Carraz, France, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3. Lleyton Hewitt (1), Australia, def. Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Dominik Hrbaty (2), Slovakia, def. Rameez Junaid, Australia, 6-3, 7-5.