Frazier Top Seed Down Under at WTA Hobart
Posted on January 10, 2005American Amy "Joltin' Joe" Frazier leads the anemic Tier V WTA stop in Hobart this week, joined by seeds Gisela "Sgt." Dulko, Iveta "Not Lose" Benesova, Shinobu Asagoe, Anabel "Funky Cold" Medina Garrigues, Maria Elena Camerin, Dinara "Little Sis" Safina, and Klara "Kouky" Koukalova.
In last year's final the unseeded Frazier beat the No. 6-seeded Asagoe 6-3, 6-3.
First-round winners Sunday in Hobart were Marta Domachowska (d. Morigami), Marta Marrero (d. (WC) Dominikovic), (3) Iveta "Not Lose First Round" Benesova (d. Kurhajcova 6-1 in the third), (5) Anabel "Funky Cold" Medina Garrigues (d. Brandi in three), Kveta Peschke (d. Martina "Nurse, I Need a" Sucha), and American Abigail "Britney" Spears (d. countrywoman Craybas).
The final round of qualifying was also completed with four more into the main draw in Nan-nan Liu (CHN), Martina Muller (GER), Jennifer Hopkins (USA), and Cara Black (ZIM).
On court Monday are Hopkins vs. Strycova, Safina vs. Granville, N.Liu vs. Dulko, Asagoe vs. Santangelo, Dellacqua vs. Jidkova, Frazier vs. Na, Muller vs. Camerin, Black vs. Koukalova, Perebiynis vs. Vaidisova, and Zheng vs. Diaz Oliva.
In last year's final the unseeded Frazier beat the No. 6-seeded Asagoe 6-3, 6-3.
First-round winners Sunday in Hobart were Marta Domachowska (d. Morigami), Marta Marrero (d. (WC) Dominikovic), (3) Iveta "Not Lose First Round" Benesova (d. Kurhajcova 6-1 in the third), (5) Anabel "Funky Cold" Medina Garrigues (d. Brandi in three), Kveta Peschke (d. Martina "Nurse, I Need a" Sucha), and American Abigail "Britney" Spears (d. countrywoman Craybas).
The final round of qualifying was also completed with four more into the main draw in Nan-nan Liu (CHN), Martina Muller (GER), Jennifer Hopkins (USA), and Cara Black (ZIM).
On court Monday are Hopkins vs. Strycova, Safina vs. Granville, N.Liu vs. Dulko, Asagoe vs. Santangelo, Dellacqua vs. Jidkova, Frazier vs. Na, Muller vs. Camerin, Black vs. Koukalova, Perebiynis vs. Vaidisova, and Zheng vs. Diaz Oliva.