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Ivanovic advances as Hantuchova retires
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Ninth-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia advanced to the second round of the Qatar Open on Tuesday after Slovakia’s Daniela Hantuchova retired from their match with a right knee injury.
Ivanovic was leading 7-5, 1-0 when Hantuchova withdrew after falling 0-40 behind in the second game.
The match started slowly for Ivanovic, who surrendered her first two serves as Hantuchova took a 5-3 lead. But Ivanovic won the next four games to secure the set, winning the ninth game at love with her final three serves being aces.
“She started really well, and I managed to get back into the set and break her back,” Ivanovic said. “I played some really good tennis towards the end of the first set and then in the second.”
Wildcard entrant Alisa Kleybanova of Russia also advanced after her opponent retired.
At 5-5 in the first set, 10th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, the Australian Open finalist, retired from the match with a gastrointestinal illness.
Karin Knapp, who led Italy to a 3-1 Fed Cup victory over the United States in Cleveland at the weekend, was told she had to be in Doha to play a first round match on Tuesday.
Knapp started her journey early on Monday morning and after going from Cleveland to Washington DC, and then to Dubai, she landed in Doha on Tuesday in time to play her afternoon match.
Knapp played impressive tennis to defeat Caroline Garcia of France 6-4, 6-1 straight off the plane.
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