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HOBART: India’s Sania Mirza paid dearly for not taking advantage of her numerous break point chances to crash out of the Hobart International in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The sixth seed looked to be heading for the semifinals when she levelled the match in the second set for the loss of just one game, but Italian Flavia Pennetta came roaring back to win 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 in 92 minutes. Sania, who finished last year at 31 on the WTA rankings, converted just five of 12 break point opportunities while Pennetta capitalised on five of eight. Bhupathi-Knowles pair crashes out Meanwhile, doubles ace Mahesh Bhupathi also crashed out of the $4,65,000 Medibank International after going down in straight sets in the first round in Sydney. Bhupathi, partnering Mark Knowles of Bahamas lost 4-6, 4-6 to the Czech pair of Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek.
Richard Gasquet and Lleyton Hewitt crashed out of the men’s draw. No. 1-seeded Gasquet, who was returning from an injury lay-off, was beaten by Russian Dmitry Tursunov 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in their second-round match.
The results: At Hobart (WTA Moorilla Hobart International): Quarterfinals: Ashley Harkleroad bt Edina Gallovits 6-4, 6-4; Flavia Pennetta bt Sania Mirza 7-5, 1-6, 6-3; Vera Zvonareva bt Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-3; Eleni Daniilidou bt Casey Dellacqua 6-4, 7-5. At Sydney (ATP & WTA Medibank International): Men: Second round: Agustin Calleri bt Carlos Moya 6-3, 6-4; Chris Guccione bt Lleyton Hewitt 7-6(4), 7-6(2); Dmitry Tursunov bt Richard Gasquet 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Sebastien Grosjean bt Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-4; Fabrice Santoro bt Steve Darcis 6-1, 6-3; Radek Stepanek bt Andreas Seppi 7-5, 2-6, 6-4; Evgeny Korolev bt Ivo Minar 6-2, 6-3; Tomas Berdych bt Gilles Simon 7-6(3), 6-2. Women: Quarterfinals: Nicole Vaidisova bt Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Justine Henin bt Kaia Kanepi 6-2, 6-0; Ana Ivanovic bt Katarina Srebotnik 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-0. At Auckland (ATP Heineken Open): Second round: Nicolas Massu bt Xavier Malisse 6-4, 6-4; Juan Monaco bt Olivier Rochus 6-3, 6-3; David Ferrer bt Sergio Roitman 6-1, 7-6(2); Juan Carlos Ferrero bt Juergen Melzer 6-3, 7-6(8); Michael Llodra bt Albert Montanes 6-3, 6-4; Philipp Kohlschreiber bt Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4; Julien Benneteau bt Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 2-6, 6-2; Florian Mayer bt Juan Ignacio Chela 6-3, 7-6(7). First round: Marin Cilic bt Tomas Cakl 6-4, 6-3; Juan Monaco bt Thomas Johansson 6-3, 6-4; Xavier Malisse bt Jarkko Nieminen 7-6(3), 6-3; Michael Llodra bt Lee Hyung-Taik 6-1, 6-4; David Ferrer bt Oscar Hernandez 6-1, 6-2; Juan Carlos Ferrero bt Jesse Levine 6-4, 6-1.
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