Dokic makes early exit in Bali with first-round loss to Garbin<\/p>\n
Agencies, Nusa Dua, Bali<\/p>\n
Yugoslavia's fourth seed Jelena Dokic was an early casualty at
\nthe US$225,000 WTA tournament here on Tuesday, falling 7-5, 6-3
\nto Tathiana Garbin of Italy in the first round, AFP reported.<\/p>\n
Garbin was more consistent than Dokic, whose erratic play
\nreached a climax when she served three consecutive double faults
\nwhile serving for the first set at 5-4.<\/p>\n
Dokic broke serve in the first game of the second set but
\nGarbin pulled herself back into the set to break Dokic's service
\ntwice and take the victory.<\/p>\n
"I had chances to win the match, even if I lost in two
\n(sets)," said Dokic, who has still not decided whether she will
\nplay at the Australian Open next January. "I had big leads and I
\nlet them go. I beat myself more than she beat me. It's just up
\nand down, on and off in the match. That's the problem."<\/p>\n
Fifth seed Tamarine Tanasugarn claimed the first 6-0, 6-0
\nscoreline of her career when she overwhelmed Australia's Nicole
\nPratt in just 44 minutes.<\/p>\n
Tanasugarn has been in fine form recently having beaten
\nSlovakia's Daniela Hantuchova at the US Open to earn an audience
\nwith the King of Thailand.<\/p>\n
"It was the happiest day of my life. It was something I was
\ndreaming about," said Tanasugarn. "I think I'm going back again
\nwith Paradorn (Srichaphan).<\/p>\n
"With the match today, I knew Nicole is very tough and never
\ngives up so I focused 200 percent. It's not easy to keep this
\nlevel all the time, and my goal is to keep it as high as possible
\nand concentrate on one match at a time."<\/p>\n
Another seed to fall was France's Emilie Loit, the seventh
\nseed, who was ousted 7-6 (7\/4), 7-5 by Ivana Abramovic of
\nCroatia.<\/p>\n
Non-ranked Jie Zheng of China set up another upset on the day
\nwith a 6-3, 6-2 win over Flavia Penneta of Italy, No. 58 player.
\nIn other matches, Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany beat Chinese
\nTian Tian Sun 6-4, 6-7 (4\/7), 6-1.<\/p>\n
Ninth seed Maria Sanchez Lorenzo of Spain stopped Sarah Taylor
\nof the United States 6-1, 6-4 while Emmanuelle Gagliardi of
\nSwitzerland edged out American Corina Morariu 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Yayuk Basuki and Diana Julianto's doubles campaign
\ncrashed after they were defeated by Evie Dominikovic
\n(Australia)\/Anna Lena Gronefeld (Germany 1-6, 2-6, according to
\nAntara.<\/p>",
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