Moreover, the Spanish Anabel Medina and Carla Suarez will meet in the first round in Hobart.
Czech Lucie Safarova beat Serbia´s Ana Ivanovic 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the first round in Sydney, Australia Open anteroom, and scoring for the ATP and WTA circuits which opened today.
On this first day, could only complete two games, the Safarova-Ivanovic, and Jelena Dokic match between Australia and Isabella Holla, with the first victory by a double 6-0, the first "cycle" of the year.
Rain interrupted the match between Slovakia´s Dominika Cibulkova and Australian Isabella Holland. Tomorrow starts the men´s tournament.
Medina-Suárez Duel in Hobart
The Hobart tennis tournament, the WTA circuit and endowed with $ 220,000 in prizes will have a Spanish duel in the first round with the Anabel Medina clash between second seed, and Carla Suarez.
At the conference today, two favorites were apeadas to the first change, the Romanian Monica Niculescu, third, and the Kazakh Ksenia Pervaz, seventh.