Low-level Americans Take Stage at WTA Los AngelesPosted on August 9, 2005 American qualifier Angela Haynes, who appeared briefly on the map when she won the first set before falling to Serena Williams at Wimbledon, advanced into the second round during a star-less Monday at L.A. with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Marta Domachowska of Poland.
"I'm feeling good this week, and plus, I'm home, so I have the crowd behind me, so that's nice," Haynes said of playing in L.A. "Sometimes, it's tough to be at home, and people expect so much out of you." Seeded winners on the day were (12) Dinara Safina (d. Brandi), (13) Francesca Schiavone (d. Randriantefy), (14) Gisela Dulko (d. Zuluaga), (15) Klara Koukalova (d. Matevzic), (16) Anna Chakvetadze (d. Li), and (17) Marion Bartoli (d. Camerin). On the upset tip were China's Jie Zheng (d. (11) Asagoe 6-0 in the third) and Japanese qualifier Aiko Nakamura (d. (10) Pennetta), continuing the summer of the Asian invasion on the U.S. hardcourts. Other un-seeds into the second round were Americans Amy Frazier (d. countrywoman Spears, bagel in the second set) and Lisa Raymond (d. countrywoman (WC) Osterloh, bagel in the first), Russian Maria Kirilenko (d. (WC) Irvin in three, setting up a match with countrywoman Sharapova), Japanese qualifier Rika Fujiwara (d. Ant. Serra Zanetti, bagel in the first), Uzbekistan lucky loser Varvara Lepchenko (d. (LL) Voskoboeva), and Aussie Sam Stosur (d. Jidkova). Scheduled for Tuesday in Los Angeles are Daniilidou vs. Salerni, Mirza vs. Benesova, Washington vs. Martinez, Linetskaya vs. K.Bondarenko, Sharapova vs. Kirilenko, Klara "Kouky" Koukalova vs. Amy "Joltin' Joe" Frazier, Alves vs. Sun, Karolina "The Spreminator" Sprem vs. Fedak, Ruano Pascual vs. Craybas, Mattek vs. Garbin, Vento-Kabchi vs. Peng, and Talaja vs. Lepchenko. |
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