Nicole the Pratt

Croatian Bol
By Chris Davies
April 30 2003

Fourth seed Nicole Pratt was made a prat in her first round at the Croatian Ladies Open, Bol losing to unknown Spaniard Conchita Martinez Granados 6-4, 6-3

Pratt was a part of the Australian Fed Cup team losing to Spain and she also lost to the original Conchita Martinez in her rubber.

Ludmila Cervanova who also took part in the Fed Cup last week for Slovakia continued her good run by beating 8th seed Petra Mandula from Hungary 7-5, 6-1. But the most impressive performance was Russian Vera Zvonareva completely crushing Croatian Dizdar.

Suprise comfortable win for Swiss star Emanuelle Gargliardi after she beat Cristina Torrens-Valero in convincing fashion 6-3, 6-1.


First Round Results

(3) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Petra Dizdar (Cro)
6-0, 6-3

Gala Leon Garcia (Spa) bt Melien Tu (USA)
6-1 6-3

Angelika Roesch (Ger) bt Olga Blahotova (Cze)
6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Conchita Martinez-Granados (Spa) bt (4) Nicole Pratt (Aus)
6-4, 6-3

Ludmila Cervanova (Svk) bt (8) Petra Mandula (Hun)
7-5, 6-3

Patricia Wartusch (Aut) bt (7) Flavia Pennetta (Ita)
6-4, 7-6 (7-4)

Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Swi) bt Cristina Torrens-Valero (Spa)
6-3, 6-1

Silvija Talaja (Cro) bt Barbara Rittner (Ger)
6-1, 6-1

Maria Antonia Sanchez-Lorenzo (Spa) bt Julia Schruff (Ger)
6-3, 6-4

Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) bt Jelena Kostanic (Cro)
1-6, 7-5, 6-3