Dokic better than Pennetta at Unicef Open
Jelena Dokic made Flavia Pennetta the sole seeded player to lose on Wednesday at the Unicef Open. The 59th-ranked Australian defeated the fourth-seeded Pennetta 6-3 6-4 for the second straight-set victory at the tournament (in the first round she beat Alla Kudryavtseva 6-0 6-4).
The former world No.4 Dokic is not a stranger to grass. She played the semifinals of Wimbledon in 2000 and she won on the grass of Birmingham in 2002. In the quarterfinals of the Unicef Open Dokic will meet Johanna Larsson, who is ranked 71st.
It is Dokic’s third quarterfinal of the season, including her title run in Kuala Lumpur, and her third highest-ranked win this year (in Paris she defeated world No.20 Nadia Petrova and No.5 Francesca Schiavone in the first round of Kuala Lumpur). (photo: © Neal Trousdale)
A shame! Where is the Flavia we used to know?
No offence to Dokic or smth, but Flavia's form is horrible lately. :S
why caroline is the top seed in wimby?? She doesn't have results in grass.. Vera should be…
Johanna Larsson hmmmmmmm that name rings a bell, something about her made me pull out her few vids some weeks ago. Ah, yessssss now it comes to mind – she knocked Ana Ivanovic out of RG in the first round.
Helen, and Dokic defeated her in straight sets!
Larsson is one of those players who take out a good seed only to lose in the next round. Something like Dulko, for example.
marine, if you talk badly about dulko you will know me