Hantuchova Ousted, Raymond Qualifies at WTA Eastbourne


Posted on June 20, 2006

Russian Elena Likhovtseva posted the lone upset Monday at the WTA grasscourt stop in Eastbourne, upending (8) Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 7-6(3).

Other winners with only four main draw matches played on the day were (6) Francesca Schiavone (d. (WC) O'Brien), Japan's Ai Sugiyama (d. Srebotnik who retired in the third with a thumb injury), and France's Nathalie Dechy (d. Peer).

Four more gained access to the main draw with the completion of the qualifying in Jarmila Gajdosova (SVK), Shenay Perry (USA), Akiko Morigami (JPN), and Lisa Raymond (USA).

On display Tuesday in Eastbourne are Keothavong vs. Dushevina, Gajdosova vs. Myskina, Kuznetsova vs. Sugiyama, Craybas vs. Arvidsson, Bartoli vs. Groenefeld, Chakvetadze vs. Zvonareva in an all-Russian, Santangelo vs. Peschke, Morigami vs. Raymond, and Castano vs. Perry.
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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