Henin a Winner, Vaidisova Upset at WTA Charleston
Posted on April 12, 2006
Former No. 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne beat Austrian Sybille Bammer 6-2, 6-3 Tuesday to improve her career record to 12-0 at the WTA claycort stop in Charleston.
"The first match on clay is never easy, especially a night match to start in the tournament," the 2003 and 2005 winner told reporters. "I play too far from my baseline in my first matches on clay, and I'm not aggressive enough, and you have to fight a lot to win the points, so that's not easy. You get tired very, very easily, very soon in the match because you're just out of the rhythm."
Other seeded winners Tuesday were (3) Patty Schnyder (d. (Q) Tu), (7) Dinara Safina (d. Russian countrywoman Zvonareva), (9) Anabel Medina Garrigues (d. Diaz-Oliva in three), (11) Katarina Srebotnik (d. Razzano), and (12) Marion Bartoli (d. Shuai).
"I was not very happy with the way I played, but I got through," Schnyder told reporters. "I'm really struggling a bit because normally here I just could place the ball anywhere I wanted and really not miss too many. So I definitely want to get that feeling back."
Orchestrating upsets on the day were Colombia's Catalina Castano (d. (5) Vaidisova), and Ukraine qualifier Julia Vakulenko (d. (10) Jankovic).
"I was up 5-1 and then nothing happened," Vaidisova told reporters. "I got out of my rhythm and it was definitely frustrating. I just couldn't keep playing well, so it's definitely not a match I will try to remember for a long time."
The top-seeded Henin-Hardenne gets a rest Wednesday, while tournament organizers wait and see if Svetlana Kuznetsova can overcome injury to take to the court against American Meghann Shaughnessy.
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