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 | Petra Kvitova was eliminated in the second round of the tournament in Tokyo1-10-2012 |
Seeded fourth in the overall scheme Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) was eliminated in the second round of the hard court tournament in Tokyo, Japan with a prize of 2,168,400 dollars.
Kvitova, champion of the "Wimbledon" of 2011, lost with 4:6, 4:6 Petra Martic (Croatia).
"This is the biggest win of my career," said Martic, which is 74th in the world rankings.
In the next round will face the Croatian Nadia Petrova (Russia) eliminated Simona Halepa (Romania) with 7:6 (4), 6:0.
In the other match the favorites did not allow surprises. The Chinese girl Na Li, number 7 in the scheme achieve difficult victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) with 7:5, 4:6, 6:2 for 2:37.
Fifth placed Angelik Kerber (Germany) beat Ayumi Morita (Japan) with 6:3, 6:4 and qualified for the third round.
The Italian Sara Errani eliminate Johanna Larsson (Sweden), with 6:3 7:6 (1), and No. 9 Marion Bartoli (France) beat Julia Goerges (Germany) with 6:2, 7:5.
The Polish Urszula Radwanska beat former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) with 3:6, 6:4, 6:2 for nearly two hours play.
Later today in the second round of the tournament will play No. 1 ranking Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) and two times champion Maria Sharapova (Russia).