Beijing: The Coneback Starts Here
Posted by gauloises1 on October 4, 2009
OK, probably not. But Alize won a match! Admittedly I’m not sure whether to attribute it more to progress on her part or the persistent inconsistency of Sam Stosur. Still, good result for Alize. Wozniak next. You can take her, Cornet!
In fact, it was a fairly action-packed day in Beijing. Flavia Pennetta, the aforementioned Wozniak, and Alona Bondarenko all notched up wins in main draw action, and in qualifying, Kateryna Bondarenko, Shahar Peer, Melinda Czink, Yaroslava Shvedova, Urszula Radwanska and Alla Kudryavtsyeva all nabbed places in the main draw. Oh, and Pavs won – hooray! – setting up a rematch with Venus, after Venus prevailed over Vera Dushevina. Only after making life extremely difficult for herself in the second set though.
Singles – First Round
(3) Venus Williams (USA) d. Vera Dushevina (RUS) 62 76(1)
(10) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (WC) Han Xinyun (CHN) 76(2) 62
Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. (15) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 64 46 63
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Aravane Rezai (FRA) 46 61 76(5)
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Agnes Szavay (HUN) 63 60
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Sybille Bammer (AUT) 75 61
Doubles – First Round
Yan/Zheng (CHN/CHN) d. Czink/U.Radwanska (HUN/POL) 76(0) 62
Kudryavtseva/Makarova (RUS/RUS) d. (WC) Sun/Sun (CHN/CHN) 62 76(4)
Grandin/Kops-Jones (RSA/USA) d. Benesova/Voskoboeva (CZE/KAZ) 26 64 102
(WC) Kuznetsova/Safina (RUS/RUS) d. Craybas/Glatch (USA/USA) 60 60
Singles Qualifying – Final Round
(1) Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 63 62
(2) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. (12) Vania King (USA) 26 60 64
(3) Melinda Czink (HUN) d. (13) Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 61 63
(5) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. (WC) Sun Shengnan (CHN) 63 62
(7) Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 61 36 60
(9) Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. Alexa Glatch (USA) 64 63
(14) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) d. Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) 61 60
(WC) Ji Chun-Mei (CHN) d. Angela Haynes (USA) 26 75 62
