Medibank International
Sydney, Australia
$600,000 (Premier)
Hard / Outdoors
January 11-16, 2009
Results – Monday, January 12, 2009
Singles – First Round
(2) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 62 61
(3) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 75 61
Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. (7) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 62 64
(8) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 61 62
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. (Q) Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 63 60
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. (LL) Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) 61 36 63
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. (Q) Angelique Kerber (GER) 61 75
Ai Sugiyama (JPN) d. (LL) Jill Craybas (USA) 62 63
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 62 62
Sara Errani (ITA) d. Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 61 62
(Q) Vera Dushevina (RUS) d. (WC) Emelyn Starr (AUS) 60 61
(Q) Melanie South (GBR) d. Marion Bartoli (FRA) 11 ret. (left calf strain)
(WC) Jarmila Gajdosova (SVK) d. (LL) Karin Knapp (ITA) 64 62
Doubles – First Round
(1) Black/Huber (ZIM/USA) d. Groenefeld/Sun (GER/CHN) 64 61
Dechy/Dellacqua (FRA/AUS) d. Rodionova/Shvedova (RUS/KAZ) 76(3) 76(5)
Craybas/Voskoboeva (USA/KAZ) d. Kops-Jones/Uhlirova (USA/CZE) 46 62 104 (Match TB)
Order of Play – Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Ken Rosewall Arena (from 11.00hrs)
1. Hantuchova vs. A.Radwanska
2. S.Williams vs. Errani
3. ATP: Benneteau vs. Hewitt
4. ATP: Guccione vs. Berdych
5. ATP: Tursunov vs. Gasquet
Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Dementieva vs. Gajdosova
2. Dushevina vs. Safina (NB 12.00hrs)
3. ATP: Fish vs. Tipsarevic
4. ATP: Nestor/Zimonjic vs. Andreev/Nieminen
5. ATP: Chardy vs. Stepanek
Court 5 (from 11.00hrs)
1. ATP: Seppi vs. Mathieu
2. Kuznetsova vs. Kanepi
3. Cornet vs. Kleybanova
4. Cirstea/Dushevina vs. Kuznetsova/Petrova (after suitable rest)
5. Bai/Calderwood vs. Llagostera Vives/Martínez Sánchez
Court 6 (from 11.00hrs)
1. South vs. Wozniacki
2. ATP: Arnold Ker/Nalbandian vs. Knowle/Melzer
3. Hsieh/Peng vs. Stosur/Stubbs
4. ATP: Bolelli/Seppi vs. Bryan/Bryan
5. Peschke/Raymond vs. Dechy/Dellacqua
Court 7 (from 12.00hrs)
1. Sugiyama vs. Medina Garrigues
2. ATP: López/Robredo vs. Mirnyi/Ram
3. Kirilenko/A.Radwanska vs. Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual
An updated copy of the main draw is available at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour website.
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