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This was as close as it looks; the two Czechs were hitting hard and well. But Petra Kvitova has a huge edge in big-match experience, and perhaps it showed.
Check out the latest results and order of play from the tennis tournament in Hobart, Australia.
At least Ana Ivanovic didn't get her blood pressure checked. She took a timeout during the match, but it was to have an existing abdominal strain re-taped. She still produced a quality match, coming back from a 4-1 deficit in the first set before struggling in the last two.
Laura Robson is finally back hitting a tennis ball after being told to take a concerted rest after wrist problems hampered her early year progress, forcing her to retire in Hobart, not play at all in Auckland and look far from her best at the Australian Open.
So sorry to see that Bethanie had to retire. She played so well all week. She barely got a day off ! She played thru the qualifying rounds and also along the way she took out the number one seed.
Laura Robson’s chances of even starting the Australian Open have been thrown into doubt following the British no. 1 being forced to retire midway through her first match of the year at the Hobart International earlier today because of ongoing wrist problems.
WTA organizers were dealt a body blow as seven-time grand slam winner Venus Williams withdrew from the pre-Australian Open event to rest after losing a final in New Zealand at the weekend to Ana Ivanovic. Williams, 33, pulled the plug on her participation...
Sydney wasn't the only place hit with withdrawals on Sunday. Hobart didn't lose any seeds -- but, in an outcome that probably won't surprise anyone, it did lose Venus Williams. Venus pulled out after losing her final on Saturday, replaced by Lucky Loser Silvia Soler-Espinosa.
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Venus Williams is not quite ready to hang up her racquet, with the 33-year-old opting for a fast start to the 2014 campaign starting in less than two months.
The 2013 Australian Open marks the sixth consecutive year that the grand slam event has selected Plexipave’s Plexicushion Prestige surfacing system.
Cibulkova costs Errani her chance at #6. Add Zakopalova to the Hobart upset list
