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 | An qualifier eliminated Wozniacki in Brisbane2-01-2013 |
The qualifier Ksenia Pervak brought the first surprise of the strongest tournaments on hard courts in Brisbane, eliminating seeded № 8 Caroline Wozniacki in three sets.
Wozniacki took the first set convincingly with 6:2, but the tennis player for Kazakhstan, 21 years old Russian managed to create a complete turnaround, winning the next two parts with 6:3, 7:6 (7:1). The contested match lasted two hours and 48 minutes.
In the next round Pervak will play with the Polish Urszula Radwanska who started with a victory over Tamira Peshek from Austria with 2:6, 6:0, 6:2.
Brisbane tournament is with prize fund $ 1 million.