Pilot Pen Tennis 2009 - Day 2

New Haven, Connecticut, USA
August 24, 2009 

Svetlana Kuznetsova, top seeded at the Pilot Pen Tennis 2009 defeated Chinese Zheng Jie 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-4 in the first round. The top seeded player needed three sets to advance to the second round. Kuznetsova dominated the first set 6-1 and appeared to win the second one leading at 4-2, when Zheng Jie rallied to win the second set in a tie-breaker. Zheng troubled the russian in the final set getting an early break and went up 3-1, but Kuznetsova rallied to take the third set 6-2. In other WTA matches at the Pilot Pen Tennis, Amelie Mauresmo beat Ai Sugiyama and Agnieszka Radwanska beat Roberta Vinci.

Fomer Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis had a disappointing final tune-up for the US Open 2009, when he lost in the first round of the tournament in straight sets to Frederico Gil 6-4, 6-3. Sam Querrey beat Marc Gicquel 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3 and Kevin Kim beat Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to advance to the second round.

Svetlana Kuznetsova quotes
"I was just very frustrated I did not close it,"
"I just want to play matches and to get into match shape,"
"Physically, I feel good, and I want just to get some matches (before the Open)."

Marcos Baghdatis quotes
"I'll go back home (to Cyprus), take two days off and start working again,"
"I'll forget this match and go on."

Day 2 Results

Men's Singles - Second Round

Sam Querrey def. Marc Gicquel 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 6-2

Men's Singles - First Round

Bjorn Phau def. Benjamin Becker 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Yen-Hsun Lu def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2, 6-2
Jose Acasuso def. Maximo Gonzalez 6-1, 6-7 (7-9), 6-2
Potito Starace def. Mischa Zverev 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
Pablo Cuevas def. Andrey Golubev 6-3, 6-4
Simone Bolelli def. Christophe Rochus 6-3, 6-4
Kevin Kim def. Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
Robert Kendrick def. Frederik Nielsen 6-3, 7-5
Frederico Gil def. Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 6-3
Rajeev Ram def. Nicolas Lapentti 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7-3)

Men's Doubles - First Round

Christopher Kas / Philipp Petzschner def. Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 7-5, 6-3
Jeremy Chardy / Fabrice Santoro def. Travis Parrott / Filip Polasek 6-4, 3-6, 10-7

Women's Singles - First Round

Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Zheng Jie 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4
Agnieszka Radwanska def. Roberta Vinci 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
Virginie Razzano def. Patty Schnyder 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Amelie Mauresmo def. Ai Sugiyama 6-4, 6-1
Magdalena Rybarikova def. Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-4
Yanina Wickmayer def. Alisa Kleybanova 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Elena Vesnina def. Gisela Dulko 7-6 (8-6), 6-2
Iveta Benesova def. Varvara Lepchenko 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-3

Women's Doubles - First Round

Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko def. Tathiana Garbin / Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-2, 3-6, 10-7
Sarah Borwell / Raquel Kops-jones def. Monica Niculescu / Ioana Raluca Olaru 6-2, 3-6, 10-8
Liga Dekmeijere / Urszula Radwanska def. Chia-jung Chuang / Zi Yan 7-5, 4-6, 10-8

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Day 2 - Order of Play

STADIUM start 10:00 am
[5] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) vs [Q] Roberta Vinci (ITA) - WTA
[Q] Frederik Nielsen (DEN) vs Robert Kendrick (USA) - ATP
Not Before 1:00 PM
[Q] Frederico Gil (POR) vs [WC] Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) - ATP
Ai Sugiyama (JPN) vs [8] Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) - WTA
Not Before 7:00 PM
[1] [WC] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) vs J Zheng (CHN) - WTA
Marc Gicquel (FRA) vs [6] Sam Querrey (USA) - ATP

GRANDSTAND start 10:00 am
Kevin Kim (USA) vs Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) - ATP
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) vs [Q] Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) - WTA
Patty Schnyder (SUI) vs Virginie Razzano (FRA) - WTA
[Q] Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) vs [WC] Rajeev Ram (USA) - ATP
Tathiana Garbin (ITA) / Anabel Medina Garrigues Garrigues (ESP) vs [4] Alona Bondarenko (UKR) / Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) - WTA

COURT 1 start 10:00 am
Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs Gisela Dulko (ARG) - WTA
Bjorn Phau (GER) vs Benjamin Becker (GER) - ATP
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) - ATP
Not Before 3:00 PM
[Q] Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) vs Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) - WTA
Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) / Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) vs [2] Chia-jung Chuang (TPE) / Zi Yan (CHN) - WTA

COURT 2 start 10:00 am
Simone Bolelli (ITA) vs Christophe Rochus (BEL) - ATP
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) - WTA
Iveta Benesova (CZE) vs [LL] Varvara Lepchenko (USA) - WTA
Travis Parrott (USA) / Filip Polasek (SVK) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA) / Fabrice Santoro (FRA) - ATP
[1] Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs Christopher Kas (GER) / Philipp Petzschner (GER) - ATP

COURT 3 start 10:00 am
Mischa Zverev (GER) vs Potito Starace (ITA) - ATP
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) vs [Q] Pablo Cuevas (URU) - ATP
Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) vs Jose Acasuso (ARG) - ATP
Sarah Borwell (GBR) / Raquel Kops-jones (USA) vs Monica Niculescu (ROU) / Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU) - WTA

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