Petrova and Woodruff Head Day Two of Qualies
by Prip
Amidst scheduling chaos and disorganization, Saturday saw both the
men and ladies in qualifying action. Fortunately, on the men's side,
there was only one replacement made in the draw, where top seed Slava
Dosedel was replaced by Marc-Kevin Goellner. The seeds in the first
half of the draw all got through comfortably, but the seeds in the
lower half nearly all suffered losses. Ivan Ljubicic fell to doubles
specialist Kevin Ullyett in a tough match, losing 2-6 6-4 7-6(6),
while big Alexander Popp of Germany fell to Galo Blanco 6-3 6-2.
Americans Chris Woodruff, Paul Goldstein, and Jeff Tarango all made it
through to the final round of qualifying, as did # 3 seed Christophe
Rochus and wild card Scott Draper. It's been a good showing thus far
for Draper, who looks to improve his ranking after playing a limited
schedule in 2000.
Day two of qualifying saw yet more replacements in the women's
qualifying draw. Giulia Casoni, fifth seed, was replaced by Maria
Elena Camerin of Italy and Janette Husarova was replaced by Vanessa
Henke of Germany. (Casoni and Husarova were busy winning a doubles
title together at the Gold Coast tournament.) Both of the fill-ins failed
to make the most of their luck, falling to Maria Alejandra Vento 6-2
6-3 and Angelika Bachmann 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(4)
respectively.
The match between Alice Canepa and Louise Latimer finally got
completed after being suspended due to rain the previous day. Louise
started the match leading 6-4 2-1 (40-30) and played hard-hitting
tennis to send her opponent scrambling all over the court. The bottom
line seems to be that the Italian simply doesn't have enough experience
in the big tournaments yet. The main thing that kept her in the match
is her unconventional yet strong serve. She plays a similar but less
effective style to her good friend Tathiana Garbin, not an easy thing
to get with against the top players, and unless miracles happen, it
will be a while before we see anything of her (on the court).
The only surprise of the day was Bryanne Stewart who defeated Martina
Sucha 7-5 6-2, almost too easily. Perhaps building up for a repeat of
her performance in Melbourne last year, the Aussie wildcard faces top
seed Nadejda Petrova in the final qualifying round. Tina
Pisnik, Erika de Lone, Aubrie Rippner and Elena
Bovina all also made it into the final round.
Women's Singles Qualifying First Round:
- Louise LATIMER [GBR] def Alice CANEPA [ITA] 6-4 6-3
- Andrea GLASS [GER] def. Marie-Eve PELLETIER [CAN] 7-6(0) 6-2
- Angelika BACHMANN [GER] def. Vanessa Henke [GER] 7-6(2) 4-6 7-6(4)
- Maria Alejandra VENTO [VEN] def. Maria Elena Camerin [ITA] 6-2 6-3
Women's Singles Qualifying Second Round:
- Nadejda PETROVA (1) [RUS] def. Emilie LOIT [FRA] 6-2 4-6 7-5
- Bryanne STEWART [AUS]-(WC) def. Martina SUCHA [SVK] 7-5 6-2
- Elena BOVINA [RUS] def. Andrea GLASS [GER] 6-4-6 7-5 6-4
- Alena Vaskova [CZE] def. Bianka LAMADE [GER] 7-6(5) 3-6 6-2
- Brie RIPPNER (3) [USA] def. Sandra NACUK [YUG] 6-4 6-4
- Erika DE LONE [USA] def. Louise LATIMER [GBR] 6-4 6-2
- Tina PISNIK (4) [SLO] def. Dragana ZARIC [YUG] 6-4 3-6 6-1
- Maria Alejandra VENTO [VEN] def. Angelika BACHMANN [GER] 7-6(3) 6-1
Women's Doubles Qualifying First Round:
- Musgrave / Stewart (1) bye
- Bovina / Panova def. Hantuchova / Osterloh
- Dominikovic / Rippner def. Palaversic / Zaric
- Diaz Oliva / Vento bye
Men's Singles Qualifying First Round:
- Marc-Kevin GOELLNER (9) def. Jan KROSLAK 6-4 5-7 6-4
- George BASTL def. Stefano TARALLO 6-2 6-3
- Sargis SARGSIAN def. Kevin KIM 6-2 6-3
- Paul GOLDSTEIN (5) def. Julian Knowle 6-3 6-2
- Chris WOODRUFF (2) def. Julian ALONSO 6-2 6-1
- Justin GIMELSTOB def. Fernando GONZALES 7-6(5) 6-2
- Scott DRAPER (WC) def. Alan JONES (WC) 6-2 6-4
- David SANCHEZ (7) def. Cristiano CARATTI 6-1 7-5
- Christophe ROCHUS (3) def. Todd PERRY (WC) 6-3 6-2
- Michel KRATOCHVIL def. Michael LLODRA 4-6 6-1 6-2
- Tomas BEHREND def. Irakli LABADZE 6-4 6-4
- Kevin ULLYETT def. Ivan LJUBICIC (8) 2-6 6-4 7-6(6)
- Takao SUZUKI def. Alberto MARTIN 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4
- Jeff TARANGO def. Paul BACCANELLO (WC) 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3
- Attila SAVOLT def. Paradorn SRICHAPAN 6-1 6-4
- Galo BLANCO def. Alexander POPP 6-3 6-2
Men's Singles Qualifying Second Round:
- George BASTL def. Marc-Kevin GOELLNER (9) 6-2 6-3
- Paul GOLDSTEIN (5) def. Sargis SARGSIAN 6-1 7-6(4)
- Chris WOODRUFF (2) def. Justin GIMELSTOB 6-4 6-1
- Scott DRAPER (WC) def. David SANCHEZ (7) 6-3 6-4
- Chistophe ROCHUS (3) def. Michel KRATOCHVIL 2-6 7-6(6) 6-4
- Tomas BEHREND def. Kevin ULLYETT 6-2 6-2
- Jeff TARANGO def. Takao SUZUKI 6-3 6-4
- Attila SAVOLT def. Galo BLANCO 6-3 6-2
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