Davenport, Molik Out at WTA Beijing


Posted on September 20, 2005

Only two matches Monday at the WTA stop in Beijing, but two seeds are already out -- No. 1 Lindsay Davenport withdrawing due to a back injury, and No. 5 Alicia Molik ousted in three sets by Argentina's Mariana Diaz-Oliva.

In the other lone main draw match, Japanese wildcard Ai Sugiyama defeated countrywoman Akiko Morigami in straight sets.

The qualifying was also completed Monday with the final four onto the big dance in Tatiana Panova (RUS), Aiko Nakamura (JPN), Jamea Jackson (USA), and Emma Laine (FIN).

Scheduled for Tuesday are Nakamura vs. Pennetta, Panova vs. T.Sun, Kirilenko vs. Jackson, Laine vs. Peng, Llagostera Vives vs. Jidkova, and N.Li vs. Craybas.
Rankings
ATP - Feb 06 WTA - Feb 06
1 Novak Djokovic1 Victoria Azarenka
2 Rafael Nadal2 Petra Kvitova
3 Roger Federer3 Maria Sharapova
4 Andy Murray4 Caroline Wozniacki
5 David Ferrer5 Samantha Stosur
6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga6 Agnieszka Radwanska
7 Tomas Berdych7 Marion Bartoli
8 Mardy Fish8 Vera Zvonareva
9 Janko Tipsarevic9 Na Li
10 Juan Martin Del Potro10 Andrea Petkovic
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