Capriati Cruises Through, Dokic Upset
May 4, 2004
Capriati Cruises Through, Dokic Upset
BERLIN - American Jennifer Capriati continued her early round success in
Berlin on Tuesday at the Ladies German Open, moving into the third round with
a straight sets win against local wildcard Julia Schruff.
The No.6 seed improved to 21-8 at the event with her 63 61 victory against
Schruff and will face either Petra Mandula or No.17 seed Maria Sharapova in
her next match. Sharapova, playing for the first time since Miami, had a
successful 2004 debut on clay in her first appearance at Berlin, defeating
fellow Russian Dinara Safina in three sets, 61 16 63.
No.15 seed Jelena Dokic was the only seeded player to lose her first round
match, falling to American Meghann Shaughnessy. Dokic, a fan favorite who has
been as high as No.4 in the world back in 2002, has struggled to regain the
form that saw her win five titles over a two-year period in 2001 and 2002.
The Serbian player has mustered only a 6-9 record this year and hasn't won
back-to-back matches since Tokyo back in early February.
Another fan favorite struggling with form, former world No.5 Daniela
Hantuchova, suffered another early round loss this week, falling to No.13
seed Patty Schnyder, 62 62. Like Dokic, Hantuchova has only won back-to-back
matches once this year - also at the Toray Pan Pacific Open.
One player who hasn't struggled to win her share of matches is No.10 seed
Svetlana Kuznetsova, who breezed into the second round with a 63 61 win
against Swiss wildcard Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian. Kuznetsova, fresh off her
runner-up finish in Warsaw to Venus Williams, is a three-time finalist on the
circuit this year and her 22 match wins is the fourth most in women's tennis
this year.
No.5 seed Nadia Petrova was victorious in the day's only other second round
match, defeating crowd favorite Anca Barna, 64 63. Petrova will next take on
either No.11 seed Paola Suarez or Barbara Schett in the next round.
Schett advanced to the second round with a 63 63 victory against Slovenian
lucky loser Katarina Srebotnik.
In first round action, No.9 seed Vera Zvonareva moved into a second round
meeting with Fabiola Zuluaga following her 63 64 win against qualifier
Tatiana Perebiynis. Zuluaga advanced to the next round with a 75 61 victory
against veteran Frenchwoman Sandrine Testud.
In other action, Argentine Gisela Dulko defeated Czech qualifier Michaela
Pastikova, 64 63, Nathalie Dechy overcame another qualifier from the
Czech Republic, Barbora Strycova, 64 76(4), while Croatia's Karolina Sprem
defeated Germany wildcard Anna-Lena Groenefeld, 64 62. Greece's Eleni
Daniilidou survived a three-set challenge from French qualifier Tatiana
Golovin, 75 36 63, and Elena Likhovtseva battled her way through the day's
longest match, a 67(3) 75 76(3) victory against Mary Pierce.
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