Second seed Timea Babos of Hungary was shocked by local player Nicole Gibbs as she lost to Los Angeles resident 6-3, 2-6, 2-6 in second round at the prestigious Grade A tourney known as "Dunlop Orange Bowl" on Wednesday (December 9, 2009). Currently ranked at ITF 49, in pro level Gibbs is now ranked at WTA 490. Gibbs had defeated Babos also in three sets in semi-final at "Canadian Open Junior Championships" last September. In round 16, Gibbs will clash with her compatriot and wild card Robin Anderson who ousted Croat qualifier Antonela Susak 6-4, 6-3.
Another upset was made by local wild card Ellen Tsay as she toppled Croat fourth seed Silvia Njiric 6-7, 6-3, 7-5. In the next round Tsay will face Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski for a spot in quarterfinal.
Top seed Kristina Mladenovic of France moved into third round after she edged past Briton qualifier Jessica Ren 7-6(5), 6-2. Also cruising into round 16 was third seed Heather Watson who breezed past Russian qualifier Adel Arshavskaya 6-2, 6-2.
Two Asian contenders also advanced into third round. China's 13th seed Zheng Saisai continued her good form as she battled past local player Ester Goldfeld 7-691), 6-3, while Thai prodigy Luksika Kumkhum eased past Anna Orlik from Belarus 6-2, 6-2.
Singles - Main Draw
Second Round or Round 32
(1)Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. (Q)Jessica Ren (GBR) 76(5) 62
(14)Valeriya Solovieva (RUS) d. (LL)Mary Clayton (USA) 64 61
Madison Keys (USA) d. Katarena Paliivets (CAN) 60 61
(5)Daria Gavrilova (RUS) d. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 61 57 64
(3)Heather Watson (GBR) d. (Q)Adel Arshavskaya (RUS) 62 62
(13)Zheng Saisai (CHN) d. Ester Goldfeld (USA) 76(1) 63
(10)Yulia Putintseva (RUS) d. (WC)Rachel Kahan (USA) 76(6) 61
(6)Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d. Paula Kania (POL) 62 67 62
Adriana Perez (VEN) d. Noel Scott (USA) 62 61
Luksika Kumkhum (THA) d. Anna Orlik (BLR) 62 62
Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) d. Polina Leykina (RUS) 63 63
(WC)Ellen Tsay (USA) d. (4)Silvia Njiric (CRO) 67 63 75
(8)Nastja Kolar (SLO) d. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 62 75
(WC)Lauren Davis (USA) d. Nour Abbes (TUN) 62 61
(WC)Robin Anderson (USA) d. (Q)Antonela Susak (CRO) 64 63
Nicole Gibbs (USA) d. (2)Timea Babos (HUN) 36 62 62
Doubles - Main Draw
Second Round or Round 16
(1)Timea Babos/Kristina Mladenovic (HUN/FRA) d.(WC)Robin Anderson/Ellen Tsay (USA) 63 75
Paula Kania/Anna Arina Marenko (POL/RUS) d. Adriana Perez/Daniela Vidal (VEN) 75 61
(4)Monica Puig/Camila Silva (PUR/CHI) d. Jennifer Ren/Jessica Ren (GBR) 63 46 10-5
Polina Pekhova/Noel Scott (BLR/USA) d. Alexandra Cercone/Mary Clayton (USA) 63 63
(6)Ksenia Kirillova/Zsofia Susanyi (RUS/HUN) d. Cristina Dinu/Ilinca Stoica (ROU) 60 75
Gabriela Dabrowski/Nicole Gibbs (CAN/USA) d. (3/WC)Magda Linette/Heather Watson (POL/GBR) 63 62
(8)Anna Orlik/Valeria Solovieva (BLR/RUS) d. Lou Brouleau/Irina Khromacheva (FRA/RUS) 64 61
(2)Nastja Kolar/Silvia Njiric (SLO/CRO) d. Lauren Herring/Grace Min (USA) 61 61
Photos of Timea Babos is courtesy of easterntimes.com.my; Nicole Gibbs is courtesy of zimbio.com
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