BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Top seeds Samantha Stosur and Shahar Peer were both beaten Tuesday in second-round matches at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Australia.
Stosur, the No. 1 seed, was taken out by Jarmila Groth 6-2, 6-4. Groth had 10 aces and lost her serve just once. She had a pair of breaks in each set in the upset. Groth, a rising No. 42 in the world, is 2-0 in her career versus Stosur, the world No. 6.