New Season Starts With Injury Pullout in Brisbane

Published by Aaress Lawless on Jan 3, 2009 | Print |

The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour tennis season began with a bumpy start as the first match of the year had to be postponed.

Australia’s Samantha Stosur was scheduled to headline the opening match of the Brisbane International, but her opponent unexpectedly pulled out on Sunday.

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The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour tennis season began with a bumpy start as the first match of the year had to be postponed.

Australia’s Samantha Stosur was scheduled to headline the opening match of the Brisbane International, but her opponent unexpectedly pulled out on Sunday.

Russia’s Maria Kirilenko, the seventh seed at the International tournament, withdrew due to an unspecified illness.

As the tournament has yet to begin, the draw has been altered, giving Japan’s Ai Sugiyama the seeded position vacated by Kirilenko. Sugiyama is expected to play Stosur on Sunday afternoon or Monday.

An updated copy of the main draw is available at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour website.

For more information about the Brisbane International, please visit www.brisbaneinternational.com.au.

Andrew Broad

Posted January 4, 2009 at 12:15 pm

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Aaress Lawless

Posted January 5, 2009 at 8:50 am

Andrew, thanks for the update!
JimM

Posted January 5, 2009 at 2:21 pm

Hi Aaress!

Happy 2009, and a great one for On The Baseline!

Shame about Makiri Last year she caught a bug and it really hit her. Her coach, Eric van Harpen when he saw her said she looked like a junior

Hope she gets over this soon

BTW What about Jelena Dokic! Ranked 177 and takes MoMo too 2 tiebreaks! Hope she can make it. She deserves it.

Cheers

Jim
Aaress Lawless

Posted January 6, 2009 at 8:09 am

Hi Jim,

Thanks! Happy New Year to you too!

Even though she lost, yesterday was a great start for Jelena. The road has not been easy getting to this point, but it looks as though she might be really back on the comeback trail.