Brisbane International Update #1- Women’s Tennis

The Brisbane International Tournament is in full swing and Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic had a tough time in her match against Czech teenager Petra Kvitova. Ivanovic came out on top and won 6-4 6-2. The first set took almost an hour for her to win.

Ivanovic told reporters "It is always tough, the first match. It was just a matter of hanging in and waiting for opportunities. I’m very happy to get this victory."

Here are the results for the first round of singles play on January 5th:

1) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 64 62
Sara Errani (ITA) d. (4) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 67(1) 64 60
(5) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) d. (WC) Jelena Dokic (AUS) 76(9) 76(5)
Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. (8) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 75 62
Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (9) Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 62 63
Tathiana Garbin (ITA) d. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 62 63
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. (WC) Isabella Holland (AUS) 64 63
(Q) Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. (Q) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 06 63 61
(Q) Melinda Czink (HUN) d. Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 76(3) 61
(Q) Sesil Karatantcheva (BUL) d. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 16 64 62
(LL) Julie Coin (FRA) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 75 67(5) 76(3)

Here are the doubles results:

Jugic-Salkic/Peng (BIH/CHN) d. Amanmuradova/Fedak (UZB/UKR) 61 64

Stay tuned for the January 6th results.

Source: Google News and On the Baseline

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