logo
EN
РУ EN ЎЗ
  • Uzbekistan
  • Economy
  • Finance
  • Technologies
  • Markets
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Tourism
EN
РУ EN ЎЗ

Mauresmo defeats Lepchenko 6-4, 6-1 to reach third round

25/05/2007 09:28

Top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo of France beat Varvara Lepchenko of Uzbekistan 6-4, 6-1 on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the Strasbourg International.

Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, No. 4 Li Na of China and No. 5 Marion Bartoli of France also won their second-round matches without dropping a set, as did No. 6 Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain, and No. 9 Emilie Loit of France.

Jankovic beat Thailand’s Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-3, 7-5, while Bartoli defeated Tatjana Malek of Germany 6-3, 6-3.

Li beat Russia’s Vera Dushevina 6-2, 6-3, while Medina Garrigues downed Alicia Molik of Australia, 6-2, 6-4, and Loit routed Lilia Osterloh of the US 6-1, 6-0 to set up a meeting with Mauresmo in Thursday’s quarter-finals.

Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick both won in straight sets on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Hypo Group International.

The fourth-seeded Hewitt needed five match points to defeat Potito Starace of Italy 6-4, 6-4, while the second-seeded Roddick downed Denmark’s Kristian Pless 6-4, 6-3.

Defending champion Nikolay Davydenko also advanced to the quarter-finals, beating Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador, 6-4, 6-2.

Hewitt broke Starace in the first game and dropped just four points on his own serve to comfortably win the first set.

In the second, the Australian managed an early break again but had to fight off three break points when serving for the match at 5-4. He finally converted his fifth match point as Starace put a forehand wide.

Hewitt plays Diego Hartfield of Argentina in the quarter-finals. Hartfield defeated Vincent Spadea of the US 6-4, 7-6 (5) in a match that was interrupted because of rain.

Taiwanese women had mixed results in the qualifying round for the French Open in Paris on Wednesday, with Hsieh Su-wei beating France’s Stephanie Vongsouthi 6-3, 6-4, while Chuang Chia-jung lost 4-6, 4-6 to Anda Perianu of Romania.

Hsieh, ranked 125 in the world for women’s singles, was scheduled to play 17-year-old US player Madison Brengle yesterday afternoon.

Latest News

New projects to be implemented with business representatives and agencies of the Republic of Korea

20/09/2023Read more

President of Uzbekistan and Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan discuss issues of further enhancing multifaceted cooperation

20/09/2023Read more

Uzbekistan and the World Bank strengthen strategic partnership

20/09/2023Read more

Currency rates from 22/08/2023

$ 1 12100.02 +0.182%
€ 1 13190.23 +0.477%
₽ 1 128.32 -0.911%
Other currencies »
  • Ronaldo in Uzbekistan
  • Measures on Qoqand development
  • Uzbekistan in figures. 2009.
  • ADB’s 43rd Annual Meeting
  • Uzbekistan in figures. 1H 2010.
  • Art Week Style.uz 2010
  • Uzbekistan in figures. January-September 2010.
  • Uzbekistan in figures. 2010.
  • Uzbekistan in figures. 1Q 2011.
  • London 2012
  • Incheon-2014
  • Elections-2014
  • Reforming public finance management system
  • Rio-2016
  • Elections-2016
logo
  • Registration Certificate of Uzbekistan Press
  • and Information Agency No. 0601 from 28
  • October 2009.
  • Founder: DAILY MEDIA
  • Chief Editor: Umarov Anvar Abrardjanovich
  • Address: Yunusabad 12-27-73, Tashkent,
  • 100180, Uzbekistan

About us

  • About Us
  • Condition of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Gadgets
  • Advertisement

Social pages

  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Google+

  • Telegram

© 2007-2022 UzDaily. All rights reserved.
Registration Certificate of Uzbekistan Press and Information Agency No. 0601 from 28 October 2009.

18+