ASB BANK WOMEN'S CLASSIC
(ASB Tennis Centre)
Qualifying tournament.-
Singles, round 1: Adrianna Barna (Germany) bt Julia Abe
(Germany) 6-4 6-4, Nuria Llagostera (Spain) bt Ilke
Gers (NZ) 2-6 6-4 6-1, Gisela Riera (Spain) bt Tracey
O'Connor (NZ) 6-3 5-7 6-0, Jing-Quian Yi (China) bt
Laura Dell'angelo (Italy) 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4,
Shinobu Asagoe (Japan) bt Raluca Sandu (Romania) 7-6 (7-
4) 7-5, Petra Rampre (Slovakia) bt Eva Bes (Spain) 3-6
6-2 6-1, Svetlana Krivencheva (Bulgaria) bt Alexandra
Fusai (France) 7-5 2-6 6-4, Vanessa Webb (Canada) bt
Marion Maruska (Austria) 6-2 7-5, Jennifer Hopkins (US)
bt Shelley Stephens (NZ) 6-2 6-2, Jill Craybas (US) bt
Alicia Ortuno (Spain) 6-3 6-4, Yuka Yoshida (Japan) bt
Yvonne Doyle (Ireland) 6-2 6-1, Holly Parkinson (US) bt
Niki Tippins (NZ) 6-7 (4-7) 6-0, 1-1 rtd, Renata
Kolbovic (Canada) bt Tina Krizan (Slovakia) 6-1 7-5,
Angelika Bachmann (Germany) bt Evelyn Fauth (Austria) 7-
6 (8-6) 6-0, Antonella Serra Zanetti (Italy) bt Ainhoa
Goni (Spain) 6-2 6-4, Floencia Labat (Argentina) bt Eva
Dyrberg (Denmark) 6-0 6-1.
Round 2: Llagostera bt Barna 7-5 7-6 (7-4), Yi bt Riera
4-6 6-3 6-2, Rampre bt Asagoe 6-2 6-4, Webb bt
Krivencheva 6-1 6-4, Craybas bt Hopkins 6-4 6-4,
Yoshida bt Parkinson 6-0 4-6 7-6 (7-2), Bachmann bt
Kolbovic 6-1 6-1, Labat bt Serra Zanetti 7-6 (7-4) 6-1.
Doubles, round 1: Bachmann/Dyrberg bt Anne Kremer
(Lux)/Meilen Tu (US) 8-6, Barna/Miroslava Vavrinec bt
Hopkins/Parkinson 8-5, Amanda Augustus/Brie Rippner
(US) bt Rewa Hudson/Stephens (NZ) 8-3, Serra Zanetti/Yi
bt Lubomira Bacheva/Pavlina Nola (Bulgaria) 8-3.
Round 2, semifinals: Bachmann/Dyrberg bt Barna/Vavrinec
8-4, Augustus/Rippner bt Serra Zanetti/Yi 9-8 (7-5).
HOPMAN CUP
(Perth)
Group A, South Africa v Belgium: Amanda Coetzer (SA) bt
Dominique Van Roost (Belgium) 6-4 6-2, Wayne Ferreira
(SA) bt Xavier Malisse (Belgium) 6-2 6-3,
Ferreira/Coetzer bt Malisse/Van Roost 7-5 6-3. South
Africa won 3-0.
