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Qualifier Peng stuns Myskina

SYDNEY, JAN. 11. French Open champion Anastasia Myskina was knocked out of the Medibank Sydney International on Tuesday, losing 6-1, 6-3 to qualifier Peng Shuai of China in a second round match.

The second-seeded Myskina had complained of playing too much tennis after winning three matches at last week's Hopman Cup. She also questioned whether entering the Sydney event, her first outdoor match of the season, was a wise decision leading up to the Australian Open.

``I've been practicing indoors because in Perth it was really windy,'' Myskina said. ``Today was my first match outside, and it was really, really tough for me. It was really hot and a bit windy.''

Top-ranked Lindsay Davenport, coming off a bye in the first round and returning from a knee problem that forced her out of last week's Hopman Cup, eased into the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Nathalie Dechy of France.

Hewitt has it easy

In men's play, top-seeded Lleyton Hewitt easily advanced with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Karol Beck of Slovakia and second-seeded Carlos Moya — winner at Chennai on the weekend — went out to Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic, losing 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Moya won the first set and was up a break in the second before fatigue set in.

``Since I played the final in India, I didn't have much time to recover,'' he said. ``I had my chances in the second set, and then in the third I felt my legs were heavy.

``It doesn't matter that I won two days ago, it's still disappointing.'' Moya, who arrived in Sydney late on Monday, said he would use his extra time preparing for next week's Australian Open.

Nadal withdraws

In Auckland, defending champion Dominik Hrbaty reached the second round of the Heineken Open on Tuesday when Rafael Nadal withdrew from their first round match with chest pains.

Nadal, 18, complained of pains during the extended first set of a match between the 2004 Auckland finalists. Hrbaty took the set 6-3 and Nadal sought medical advice before choosing to retire.

Shaughnessy upset

Top-seeded Silvia Farina-Elia beat Russia's Tatiana Panova 7-6(0), 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Canberra Classic, while Hungarian Aniko Kapros upset third-seeded Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2, 6-3.

Dulko advances

Second-seeded Gisela Dulko of Argentina rallied to beat her regular doubles partner Abigail Spears of the United States 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a second round match of the Moorilla International.

The results:

At Sydney (Medibank Sydney International): Men: first round: Lleyton Hewitt bt Karol Beck 6-1, 6-2; Michael Llodra bt Xavier Malisse 4-6, 6-0, 6-3; Arnaud Clement bt Tomas Zib 6-1, 6-3; Andrei Pavel bt Luke Bourgeois 7-6(3), 7-5; Taylor Dent bt Santiago Ventura 7-5, 7-6(7); Igor Andreev bt Albert Costa 6-1, 6-4; Joachim Johansson bt Greg Rusedski 6-4, 6-3; Ivo Minar bt Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Radek Stepanek bt Carlos Moya 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Women: Second round: Peng Shuai bt Anastasia Myskina 6-1, 6-3; Lindsay Davenport bt Nathalie Dechy 6-3, 6-4. First round: Alicia Molik bt Francesca Schiavone 7-6(4), 6-1; Nadia Petrova bt Ludmila Cervanova 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Daniela Hantuchova bt Silvija Talaja 7-6(2), 6-2; Tatiana Golovin bt Ai Sugiyama 6-1, 2-6, 6-3; Patty Schnyder bt Karolina Sprem 5-7, 6-2, 6-3; Samantha Stosur bt Jelena Kostanic 6-3, 6-3.

At Hobart (Moorilla Women's International): second round: Iveta Benesova bt Barbora Strycova 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Kveta Peschke bt Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-0, 6-2; Gisela Dulko bt Abigail Spears 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Marta Domachowska bt Maria Elena Camerin 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; Li Na bt Casey Dellaqua 7-6(1), 6-0; Klara Koukalova bt Marta Marrero 6-1, 7-5; Zheng Jie bt Shinobu Asagoe 6-2, 6-3; Nicole Vaidisova bt Dinara Safina 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.

At Canberra (Canberra Classic women's tournament): Second round: Anca Barna bt Claudine Schaul 6-1, 3-2 retired; Marlene Weingartner bt Tathiana Garbin 6-4, 6-3. First round: Silvia Farina Elia bt Tatiana Panova 7-6(0), 6-4; Anna Smashnova bt Arantxa Parra-Santonja 6-0, 6-0; Aniko Kapros bt Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2, 6-3; Marion Bartoli bt Stephanie Foretz 6-2, 6-0; Yuliana Fedak bt Nicole Pratt 6-0, 6-3; Evie Dominikovic bt Maria Sanchez Lorenzo 6-3, 6-2.

At Auckland (Heineken Open): first round: Guillermo Coria bt Sjeng Schalken 6-0, 6-3; Raemon Sluiter bt Tommy Robredo 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Dominik Hrbaty bt Rafael Nadal 6-3 retd.; Juan Ignacio Chela bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2, 6-2; Jan Hernych bt Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-7(1-7), 6-1, 6-3; Olivier Rochus bt Luis Horna 6-3, 6-1; Federico Luzzi bt Juan Monaco 6-4, 6-4; Alberto Martin bt Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 7-5; Robby Ginepri bt Agustin Calleri 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Ricardo Mello bt Jonas Bjorkman 6-4, 6-1. — Agencies

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