Seeds Lose, Hingis Wins at WTA Doha

The WTA stop in Doha lost its two lowest seeds right off the bat Monday when Italy's Roberta Vinci ousted No. 7 Elena Likhovtseva, and German Julia Schruff eased past No. 8 Jelena Jankovic, both in straight sets to advance into the second round.

Wildcarded former No. 1 Martina Hingis continued her impressive roll in the first round at Doha, dropping only three games against American Mashona Washington.

"I think I played quite well, except in the first game of the match, which I lost," Hingis said. "In the first set, I knew I could do anything I wanted, my passing shots were coming off well and my serves were good too. I played my shots with a lot of confidence."

Other un-seeds into the second round at the expense of Russians were China's Li Na (d. Zvonareva) and the Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko (d. Dushevina).

The final round of qualifying was also completed Monday, with four additional on to the main draw in Eleni Daniilidou (GRE), Li Ting (CHN), Shikha Uberoi (IND), and sister Neha Uberoi (USA).

Scheduled for Tuesday in Dubai are Hantuchova vs. Peschke, S.Uberoi vs. Vento-Kabchi, Sugiyama vs. Sfar, Zheng vs. Kuznetsova, Kirilenko vs. T.Li, Daniilidou vs. Medina Garrigues, Schruff vs. A.Bondarenko, and N.Uberoi vs. Bartoli.