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 | Zvonareva lost to Ivanovic in Beijing5-10-2011 |
Seeded third in the overall scheme Vera Zvonareva (Russia) fell in the third round of the tournament on hard courts in the Chinese capital Beijing with prize pools over 4.5 million dollars.
Zvonareva lost 2:6, 1:6 in the former world No 1 Ana Ivanovic (Serbia).
In second round matches of the second placed Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) beat Duke Polonya (Slovenia), 7-6 (10:8), 6-3, and Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat Chen Tse (China) 6-1 6-4. In the men's tournament in Beijing with prize fund 2.1 million dollars Fernando Verdasco (Spain) qualifies for third round after success over Flavio Cipolla (Italy) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2. Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) side Feliciano Lopez (Spain) with 6:7 (5:7), 6:2, 7:5, and Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia) achieved victory over Florian Mayer (Germany) 6-0, 2: 6, 6-3.