Dubai: Cdn Wozniak bows out in three sets
Posted February 21, 2012 11:23 am.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Fifth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska advanced to the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships Tuesday after defeating Aleksandra Wozniak of Blainville, Que., 6-1, 6-7 (8), 7-5. The 22-year-old Radwanska cruised through the first set in 27 minutes, but she needed another two hours to win her opening match in Dubai. After losing the second set on a tiebreaker, Radwanska struggled to regain concentration in the third and had to come back from 5-3 down to win it 7-5. Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka is the top-seeded player in Dubai. The top-ranked Belarusian will meet Julia Goerges of Germany in her opening match on Wednesday. The field also includes defending champion Caroline Wozniacki and U.S. Open winner Sam Stosur, but Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, French Open winner Li Na and Vera Zvonareva all withdrew because of illness and injury on Monday. Earlier Tuesday, two more players joined the list of withdrawals. Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia retired with a hamstring injury while trailing Iveta Benesova 3-1 and Maria Kirilenko withdrew with a neck injury. Later Tuesday, seventh-seeded Francesca Schiavone of Italy will play Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic at the Dubai tournament and sixth-seeded Marion Bartoli of France will meet China’s Shuai Peng in her opening match later in the day.
