Hantuchova Falls in First Match; Chakvetadze Wins

The seeds were perfect in first round matches but went 1-1 in the first two second round matches of the week, as Day 2 of the $600,000 East West Bank Classic presented by Herbalife took place on Tuesday in Los Angeles, California.
 
Nadia Petrova, Flavia Pennetta, Nicole Vaidisova and Dominika Cibulkova made it 4-0 for seeds in first round matches. No.9 seed Petrova beat qualifier Alina Jidkova, 60 64; No.10 seed Pennetta notched a 61 60 win over last week's Stanford winner, Aleksandra Wozniak; No.11 seed Vaidisova rallied from a set down to beat Ayumi Morita, 67(5) 63 61; and No.15 seed Cibulkova beat Monica Niculescu, 64 63.
 
Unseeded first round winners were Ai Sugiyama, Peng Shuai, Vania King, Yuan Meng, Stéphanie Dubois, Akgul Amanmuradova and qualifiers Alla Kudryavtseva and Regina Kulikova.
 
Dubois beat American Ashley Harkleroad in straight sets on Stadium court, 62 63.
 
"I was aggressive and it was a good match for me; it was one of my good wins," Dubois said. "It wasn't the first time I played against her. I think we knew each other's games well. My game plan was to be aggressive, and it worked well for me today. It's the first time I've played here and I liked the way I competed."
 
Anna Chakvetadze and Daniela Hantuchova both received first round byes and contested second round matches on Tuesday night. No.3 seed Chakvetadze cruised in her opener against Marta Domachowska, 61 61, but No.6 seed Daniela Hantuchova wasn't as fortunate, falling to Olga Govortsova, 62 64. Govortsova notched her fourth career Top 20 win of the year, and the fifth of her career.
 
"I didn't do well in my last couple of tournaments but this week I'm feeling better; when I hit today before the match I was really feeling the groove," Govortsova said. "Daniela hits really deep and has a good serve, so to beat her you also have to be aggressive. So that's what I was trying to do in the match today."
 
The Top 2 seeds in the doubles draw made it safely through to the second round. Top seeds Chan Yung-Jan and Chuang Chia-Jung beat Jill Craybas and Abigail Spears, 76(1) 62, while No.2 seeds Bethanie Mattek and Sania Mirza beat King and Kudryavtseva, 63 64.

Go Back