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Harkleroad takes New Zealand upset win


Published: Dec. 31, 2007 at 11:21 AM
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Ashley Harkleroad routed eighth-seeded Emilie Loit Monday in first-round play of the $145,000 ASB Classic tennis tournament in New Zealand.

Harkleroad, ranked 67th in the world, stopped Loit 6-4, 6-1 in posting the day's lone upset, with none of the other seeded players even pushed to a third set.

Third-seeded Katarina Srebotnik was the most dominant, leading 6-0, 3-0 when Anastassia Rodionova retired with eye irritation. Fifth-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues ousted Nicole Pratt 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 and No. 6-seeded Tamira Paszek defeated Yanina Wickmayer 7-6 (9-7), 6-1.

Media Garrigues next meets Lindsay Davenport, who said she is returning to full-time tennis tour play. Davenport was a 6-2, 6-3 first-round winner over Laura Granville.

Additional wins Monday were posted by Yvonne Meusburger and Klara Zakopalova.

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Ashley Harkleroad returns the ball to Jennifer Hopkins during the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic at the William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C. on August 5, 2005. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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