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Dokic beat Nadia Petrova will meet Clijsters11-02-2011 |
Australian qualifier Jelena Dokic surprise win by 6:4, 7:6 (4) The fifth seeded Russian Elena Petrova of tennis tournament in Paris with a prize fund $ 618,000.
Dokic had the advantage throughout the match and the beginning of the match Petrova forced to save three breykpointa. In the tenth game of the first Russian reflected a Game Boy, but Dokic takes advantage of her error in the next playmaking and won 6:4.
In the decisive point in the tiebreaker of the second set demonstrates the excellent Australian and returning Elena Petrova forced to send the ball into the net from the forehand. In his next match Jelena Dokic will face in the scheme vodachkata Kim Clijsters. Belgian will climb to first place in the world rankings if he wins against Dokic, informed Thursday.
In another second round match by Czech girl Petra Kvitova beat his compatriot Barbora Zahlavova with 6:4, 6:7, 7:6 (9) after 3 hours and 15 minutes of play. Seeded fourth Kvitova won a dramatic match at only his fifth match-Point. The quarterfinals she will face Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) defeated Klara Zakopalova (Czech Republic) with 6:1, 6:3.