Sprem Orchestrates Rare Upset at WTA Istanbul
Posted on May 23, 2006Karolina "The Spreminator" Sprem has bombed since cracking the Top 20 briefly in 2004, but on Monday the Croatian showed a glimmer of her former self with a 6-2, 7-6(3) upset of No. 8 seed Jelena Jankovic at the Istanbul Cup.
The No. 78-ranked Sprem will next face the winner of American Mashona Washington and a qualifier.
No. 6 seed Catalina Castano was the only seed safely through to the second round Monday, defeating Alona Bondarenko in straight sets.
Other unseeded players into the second round were Swiss Emmanuelle Gagliardi (d. Daniilidou who retired with injury), Dutchwoman Michaella Krajicek (d. Kotkina who retired with injury), and Tsvetana Pironkova (d. Diaz-Oliva in three).
Scheduled for Tuesday in Istanbul are Paszek vs. Molik, Santangelo vs. Czink, Senoglu vs. Mirza, Myskina vs. Pironkova, Rybarikova vs. Washington, Jackson vs. Peer, Cibulkova vs. Harkleroad, Chakvetadze vs. Shaughnessy, Widjaja vs. Yakimova, and U.Radwanska vs. Camerin.
The No. 78-ranked Sprem will next face the winner of American Mashona Washington and a qualifier.
No. 6 seed Catalina Castano was the only seed safely through to the second round Monday, defeating Alona Bondarenko in straight sets.
Other unseeded players into the second round were Swiss Emmanuelle Gagliardi (d. Daniilidou who retired with injury), Dutchwoman Michaella Krajicek (d. Kotkina who retired with injury), and Tsvetana Pironkova (d. Diaz-Oliva in three).
Scheduled for Tuesday in Istanbul are Paszek vs. Molik, Santangelo vs. Czink, Senoglu vs. Mirza, Myskina vs. Pironkova, Rybarikova vs. Washington, Jackson vs. Peer, Cibulkova vs. Harkleroad, Chakvetadze vs. Shaughnessy, Widjaja vs. Yakimova, and U.Radwanska vs. Camerin.