BEIJING, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Defending tournament champion Agnes Szavay was defeated Thursday in second-round action at the $600,000 China Open hard-court tennis tournament in Beijing.
Anabel Medina Garrigues had little trouble in eliminating Szavay from this year's event. The win put Medina Garrigues into Friday's quarterfinals against fifth-seeded Vera Zvonareva, who was a 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 winner over Francesca Schiavone in her second-round match Thursday.