Dubai: Samantha Stosur and Yanina Wickmayer were among the two additions of seeds departing Monday from the 2010 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship being played at the Dubai Tennis Championship.
The ninth-seeded Australian Stosur went down in three sets 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 against this year's oldest player Tathiana Garbin from Italy before the 13th-seeded Wickmayer succumbed to Shahar Peer 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Stosur's countrywoman and qualifier Alicia Molik had caused the first upset of the tournament late on Sunday after dispatching the 16th-seeded Jie Zheng of China 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Strong fightback
Zheng, who made history last month after joining fellow Chinese Li Na in a Grand Slam semifinals at the Australian Open, fought her way back after being down by a set.
But the Australian looked too focused as she set up a meeting against another qualifier, Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany.
Also winning on the second day here was the petite Dominika Cibulkova, who overcame Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-4, 6-4 to set up a meeting with top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki in today's second round encounter.
Big clash
Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania will meet Marion Bartoli, after the Frenchwoman came out a late night winner against qualifier Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-0.
Aravane Rezai, another Frenchwoman, but with Arab roots, won in three sets 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 against Austria's Sybille Bammer to earn the right to meet the sixth-seeded Jelena Jankovic in the second round, while the Arab world's only hope Selima Sfar of Tunisia caved in 6-2, 6-2 against last year's finalist Virginie Razzano.
Vera Zvonareva kept her best for the end to carve out a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 win against fellow Russian Elena Vesnina to set a meeting against Belgian journeywoman Kirsten Flipkens.
Results
Anabel Medina Garrigues bt Sania Mirza 6-3, 6-4; Shahar Peer bt Yanina Wickmayer 3-6, 6-2, 7-5; Aravane Rezai bt Sybille Bammer 6-3, 5-7, 7-5; Tathiana Garbin bt Samantha Stosur 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4); Alexandra Dulgheru bt Patty Schnyder 6-2, 6-2; Andrea Petkovic bt Alona Bondarenko 2-6, 6-4, 6-3; Virginie Razzano bt Selima Sfar 6-2, 6-2; Vera Zvonareva bt Elena Vesnina 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
