Henin Upset, Mauresmo Bakes Bagels in Miami

Posted on March 25, 2006

American Meghann Shaughnessy, who lost her first five matches of 2006, broke out of her funk in a big way Friday at the NASDAQ-100 in Miami, upsetting No. 3 seed Justine Henin-Hardenne 7-5, 6-4 in second-round action.

"She played really well, and I wasn't at my best," Henin-Hardenne told reporters. "I missed a little bit of confidence, so you play more neutral, more in the middle than going for the winners."

Shaughnessy snapped her five-match losing streak right before Miami with a quarterfinal effort at Acapulco.

"This one is very special because I've been struggling lately and haven't been playing my best tennis," said Shaughnessy, who didn't face a break point in the match, speaking with reporters. "So to go out and play a match like that against Justine, it means a lot to me."

Other upsets Friday were orchestrated by Greece's Eleni Daniilidou (d. (18) Safina), the Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko (d. (23) Medina Garrigues), and American Jamea Jackson (d. (26) Dulko).

Seeded winners were (1) Amelie Mauresmo (d. Stosur 0-and-0), (5) Nadia Petrova (d. Sanchez Lorenzo), (7) Patty Schnyder (d. Diaz-Oliva), (12) Svetlana Kuznetsova (d. Zvonareva), (13) Daniela Hantuchova (d. Ondraskova in three), (15) Elena Likhovtseva (d. Peng in three), (14) Ana Ivanovic (d. Benesova in three), (21) Ai Sugiyama (d. Schruff), (24) Martina Hingis (d. Sun), (28) Katarina Srebotnik (d. Washington), (30) Marion Bartoli (d. Yakimova), and (32) Sofia Arvidsson (d. Foretz).

Marquee match-ups Saturday in Miami are (2) Kim Clijsters vs. American Jill Craybas, (4) Maria Sharapova vs. China's Na Li, (10) Anastasia Myskina vs. Ekaterina "The" Bychkova "Is Back" in an all-Russian, and (6) Elena Dementieva vs. the Sania-killer (WC) Anna Tatishvili.