Pacific Life Open - Results of day one

By Laura Weydandt
March 15 2005

Belgium woman Kim Clisters won her first match easily against Nicole Pratt and has to play next against Shinobu Asagoe. Also Tathiana Garbin, Maria Kirilenko, Laura Granville, Marta Domachowska and Severine Beltrame reached the next round.

Kim Clijsters after her great first round match:
"The doctors told me to start playing when you feel ready and don't worry about that wrist any more. But I was a bit worried [about how I would play]. I haven't played outside for such a long time but today it felt good. I am excited to be back."


All results:

Singles - First Round
(Q) Eva Birnerova (CZE) d. Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 64 62
Tathiana Garbin (ITA) d. Aniko Kapros (HUN) 61 62
(Q) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) 60 61
Severine Beltrame (FRA) d. Denisa Chladkova (CZE) 62 76(1)
Laura Granville (USA) d. Marissa Irvin (USA) 63 36 64
Abigail Spears (USA) d. Lubomira Kurhajcova (SVK) 46 63 76(0)
(Q) Silvija Talaja (CRO) d. Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 62 60
Marta Domachowska (POL) d. (Q) Maria Elena Salerni (ARG) 63 36 64
Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. Nicole Pratt (AUS) 62 61
(WC) Jamea Jackson (USA) d. Anca Barna (GER) 76(4) 64
Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) d. (Q) Camille Pin (FRA) 64 60
Yuliana Fedak (UKR) d. Virginie Razzano (FRA) 63 60
Dally Randriantefy (MAD) d. Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 76(6) 61
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) d. Martina Sucha (SVK) 60 75
(Q) Rika Fujiwara (JPN) d. Alina Jidkova (RUS) 63 63
(Q) Mariana Diaz-Oliva (ARG) d. Kristina Brandi (PUR) 64 62

Doubles Qualifying - Final Round
Kirilenko/Salerni (RUS/ARG) d. Beygelzimer/Fedak (UKR/UKR) 61 63

Order of play for Thursday, March 10, 2005

Stadium 1 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Karatantcheva vs. Weingartner
2. ATP
3. Haynes vs. Santangelo
4. Vaidisova vs. Washington
5. Glatch vs. Craybas
6. Dechy/Golovin vs. Petrova/Shaughnessy

Stadium 2 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Strycova vs. An.Serra Zanetti
2. ATP
3. ATP
4. Bovina/Dementieva vs. Cohen-Aloro/Marrero
5. Raymond/Stubbs vs. Asagoe/Srebotnik
6. Jidkova/Perebiynis vs. Bartoli/Groenefeld

Stadium 3 (from 10.00hrs)
1. ATP
2. Kirkland vs. Voskoboeva
3. Sanchez Lorenzo vs. Schaul
4. Ruano Pascual/Suarez vs. Fujiwara/Serra Zanetti
5. Dulko/Vento-Kabchi vs. Hantuchova/Schiavone
6. Russell/Santangelo vs. Granville/Lee

Court 4 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Bedamova vs. Peschke
2. A.Bondarenko vs. Srebotnik
3. Mandula vs. Loit
4. ATP
5. Kremer vs. Kleybanova
6. McShea/Spears vs. Schaul/Tu

Court 5 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Yakimova vs. Cervanova
2. ATP
3. Kutuzova vs. Gagliardi
4. ATP
4. Uberoi vs. Morigami

Court 6 (from 10.00hrs)
1. ATP
2. ATP
3. Pastikova vs. Lee-Waters
4. ATP

Court 7 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Marrero vs. Cho
2. ATP
3. ATP