Zvonareva Upsets Schiavone at WTA Linz

Posted on October 25, 2006

Russian Vera Zvonareva posted the lone upset Tuesday at the WTA stop in Linz, ousting No. 8 seed Francesca Schiavone 5-7, 6-1, 6-3.

No. 7 Anna Chakvetadze was the lone seeded winner, beating Katarina Srebotnik 7-5, 6-2.

Other winners into the second round were qualifier Agnieszka Radwanska (d. Groenefeld), Mary Pierce (d. Sugiyama), Nathalie Dechy (d. Paszek from a set down), and Mara Santangelo (d. A.Bondarenko in three).