Yayuk makes Canadian Open's second round
Yayuk makes Canadian Open's second round
MONTREAL (Agencies): Indonesia's Yayuk Basuki brushed aside her Olympic blue memory with a first-round win over Wang Shi-ting of Taiwan in the Canadian Open women's tennis championships here on Tuesday.
Yayuk came off the Atlanta Olympics with a first-round defeat to Karina Habsudova of Slovakia but regained her form to dismiss her fellow unseeded rival Wang 6-2, 7-5.
It was a smooth start for the 26-year-old Indonesian, who is looking for a sweet farewell to the women's tennis circuit, as she was knocked out of the tournament in the opening round by American Lori McNeil last year.
Habsudova, 12th seed here, received a contrasting fate with an upset 6-2, 6-4 defeat by American Rennae Stubbs in the second round. The other surprise loser was seventh-seeded Dutchwoman Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, who fell to Naoko Kijimuta of Japan 6-7, 6-1, 6-2.
Top seed and defending champion Monica Seles avenged her stunning Wimbledon defeat by crushing Katarina Studenikova of Slovakia in a second-round match 6-2, 6-0 in just 55 minutes.
"At Wimbledon, it was a tough match to lose, but you have to move on.
"I didn't take the chance to take charge of the points at Wimbledon so I decided this time that I would really go for my shots," added Seles, who made her triumphant return at this tournament when it was in Toronto last year after more than two years out of the game following her stabbing in Hamburg.
Playing her first match since a first-round loss at the French Open in May, former wunderkind Jennifer Capriati won a first round baseline duel with 11th seed Irina Spirlea of Rumania 6-4, 6-2.
In Mason, Ohio, Australian Patrick Rafter struggled before winning a battle of former tennis high flyers, beating Olympic silver medalist and two-time French Open champion Sergi Bruguera 6-1, 6-4 to book a second-round place at the US$2.2 million ATP tournament.
Ninth seed Wayne Ferreira of South Africa scored the first win for a seed on the day, dismissing Filip Dewulf of Belgium 6-2, 6- 3.
Nine of the world's top ten are competing here. Missing from the field is world No. 5 Boris Becker -- the Australian Open champion is still suffering from a wrist injury from Wimbledon but is expected back for this month's U.S. Open.