No. 2 seed Anna Smashnova was routed 6-2, 6-1 by lucky loser Melinda Czink of Hungary Wednesday at the WTA stop in Canberra, a bitter win for Czink since she will now miss this week’s Australian Open qualifying in Melbourne.
Other players into the quarterfinals were (1) Silvia Farina Elia (d. Groenefeld), (4) Marion Bartoli (d. Krajicek), the Ukraine’s Yuliana Fedak (d. Tanasugarn), American Lindsay Lee-Waters (d. Kapros coming from a set down), and Serb qualifier Ana Ivanovic (d. (Q) Dominikovic coming from a set down).
Thursday’s QF match-ups are Weingartner vs. Czink, Barna vs. Lee-Waters, Bartoli vs. Ivanovic, and Farina Elia vs. Fedak.
