Hobart Gallery: Brilliant Week For Barthel
Mona Barthel stunned the field by going from qualifying all the way to the Moorilla Hobart International title.
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Playing her first match since Wimbledon, 2007 Hobart champion Anna Chakvetadze upended No.3 seed Monica Niculescu in the first round of the Moorilla Hobart International.
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In her first match of the 2012 season, eighth-seeded Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu was victorious over Elena Baltacha.
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The youngest player in the field, 15-year-old Australian Ashleigh Barty lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in her first career WTA main draw match.
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Playing just her second event since the US Open, No.1 seed Yanina Wickmayer got pumped up during her first round victory over Marina Erakovic.
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Defending champ Jarmila Gajdosova outlasted fellow Australian Anastasia Rodionova in the second round, 63 16 64, losing a set for the first time in seven career main draw matches here.
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Anastasia Rodionova rallied from 4-1 down in the third set, but fell just short in her second round match versus the fifth-seeded Jarmila Gajdosova.
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Simona Halep made her first quarterfinal since her runner-up showing last April in Fes, eventually losing to Yanina Wickmayer.
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Angelique Kerber made the semifinals for the fifth time in her last seven events, but had to withstand two match points in the quarters against Sorana Cirstea.
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Playing her first semifinal since last July in Washington D.C., Shahar Peer fell to Yanina Wickmayer, dropping her career record against the Belgian to 2-4.
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Mona Barthel made short work of Yanina Wickmayer for her first career title, eliminating a seed for the fourth straight round.
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Mona Barthel was thrilled about becoming the first qualifier to win a WTA title since Tamira Paszek captured Quebec City in September 2010.
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Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu saved two match points in their triumph over Chuang Chia-Jung and Marina Erakovic in the doubles final.
