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Thai qualifier Luksika Kumkhum produced the first major upset of the fortnight with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 first-round knockout of of former Wimbledon winner and sixth seed Petra Kvitova. The 21-year-old Asian pulled off the opening-day surprise of the tournament in nervy style.
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Maria Sharapova has advice for 17-year-old Ashleigh Barty, whom she will play in the second round of the Brisbane International. She doesn't think it’s smart for young player to hero worship. “You really have to be focused on your job and game and not worry about anyone else's results...
Just after Alicia Molik became the show stopper at the Australian Open and before Jelena Dokic wowed the crowds at Rod Laver Arena, the quiet lefthander Casey Dellacqua raised the roof, coming out of nowhere in 2008 to reach the fourth round...
The injuries actually started before the season began, when Elena Vesnina pulled out of Auckland. But mark down Sunday as the day of our first in-season injury to a Top Ten player. #6 seed Caroline Wozniacki is out of Brisbane due to a right shoulder problem. She still hopes to play Sydney and the Australian Open.
Four-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova hasn't played match since early August and arrived in Brisbane with two new team members, coach Sven Groeneveld and physio Jerome Bianchi.
With doubles partner Casey Dellacqua claiming an automatic spot in the Australian Open field with her finals victory at the weekend in the grand slam playoffs in Melbourne, Ash Barty is now keen to make sure she also takes a spot in the major.
It was a nervous first game for Marion Bartoli -- she double-faulted her way to a break.
Andrea Petkovic will not be able to continue in the Hopman Cup mixed team tournament after injuring her right knee during her first match.
Australian teenager Ashleigh Barty will make her Hyundai Hopman Cup debut following the withdrawal of Casey Dellacqua due to a foot injury.
For the first time since 1938 the nation from Down Under doesn’t have a player in Wimbledon ’s second round.
Australia will laud one of their own as a reigning female major champion in Samantha Stosur when the action begins Down Under at the start of the New Year, but the senior debut of 15 year-old Ashleigh Barty is causing even more excitement
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