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7/17/2001
Clijsters Wins in Belgium
KNOKKE-HEIST, Belgium -- Top-seeded Kim Clijsters
won her opening round match at the WTA Sanex Trophy
tournament Tuesday, beating Ludmila Cervanova 6-3,
6-3.
This was Clijsters' first match since losing to Lindsay
Davenport in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
Second-seeded Silvia Farina Elia of Italy also reached
the second round, beating Jaslyn Hewitt of Australia 6-4,
6-2. But sixth-seeded Patty Schnyder of Switzerland
withdrew after winning the first set 1-6 and losing the
second 6-4 against Maria Jose Martinez of Spain.
Another unseeded Spanish player, Cristina Torrens
Valero, defeated eighth-seeded Argentine Mariana
Diaz-Oliva 6-2, 6-0 on the clay courts at the Royal La
Zoute club.
Top Two Seeds Move on at Sanex Trophy
KNOKKE-HEIST, BELGIUM (TICKER) -- Playing in her home country, top seed Kim Clijsters cruised into the second round of the $150,000 Sanex Trophy claycourt tennis tournament Tuesday.
In her first match since losing to Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, Clijsters rolled to a 6-3, 6-4 rout of Slovakian Ludmilla Cervanova.
Second seed Silvia Farina of Italy joined Clijsters in the second round with a 6-4, 6-2 triumph over Jaslyn Hewitt of Australia.
Sixth seed Patty Schnyder of Switzerland pulled out of her match with Spain's Maria Jose Martinez after splitting the first two sets, 1-6, 6-4. No. 8 Mariana Diaz-Oliva of Argentina was ousted by Spain's Cristina Torrens Valero, 6-2, 6-0.
Three unseeded Spaniards moved on as Gala Leon Garcia defeated Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie of Romania, 7-5, 6-2, Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues swept past Joannette Kruger of South Africa, 6-2, 6-0, and Virginia Ruano Pascual outlasted Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-1).
Also, Martina Muller of Germany got past Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus, 6-2, 6-4, and Rossana de los Rios of Paraguay ousted Caroline Dhenin of France, 6-3, 6-3.
On Monday, third seed Jelena Dokic of Yugoslavia was upset by Denisa Chladkova of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2.
First prize is $23,500.
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Clijsters Wins in BelgiumTop Two Seeds Move on at Sanex TrophyIn her first match since losing to Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, Clijsters rolled to a 6-3, 6-4 rout of Slovakian Ludmilla Cervanova. Second seed Silvia Farina of Italy joined Clijsters in the second round with a 6-4, 6-2 triumph over Jaslyn Hewitt of Australia. Sixth seed Patty Schnyder of Switzerland pulled out of her match with Spain's Maria Jose Martinez after splitting the first two sets, 1-6, 6-4. No. 8 Mariana Diaz-Oliva of Argentina was ousted by Spain's Cristina Torrens Valero, 6-2, 6-0. Three unseeded Spaniards moved on as Gala Leon Garcia defeated Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie of Romania, 7-5, 6-2, Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues swept past Joannette Kruger of South Africa, 6-2, 6-0, and Virginia Ruano Pascual outlasted Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-1). Also, Martina Muller of Germany got past Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus, 6-2, 6-4, and Rossana de los Rios of Paraguay ousted Caroline Dhenin of France, 6-3, 6-3. On Monday, third seed Jelena Dokic of Yugoslavia was upset by Denisa Chladkova of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2.
First prize is $23,500. |