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 | Earthquake interrupted tennis matches in New Haven24-08-2011 |
World No. 1 Caroline Voznyatski (Denmark) qualifies for third round of the tournament on hard courts in New Haven (USA) with a prize of 618,000 dollars. Dane wins Polony Herzog (Slovenia) 6-3, 6-0. Matches were suspended yesterday for two hours and the audience was evacuated because of the strong earthquake of magnitude 5.9 that struck the U.S. east coast. Because zemetreseniyato meeting was canceled and the first round of the tournament between Elena Vesnina (Russia) and Jelena Jankovic (Serbia). The Russian won 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. In other second round matches Chetkovska Petra (Czech Republic) side number 5 in the scheme Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6-4 5-7, 6-3 and No. 3 Skiavone Francesca (Italy) beat Monica Niculescu (Romania) 6: 2, 6-1.