Third seed Alicia Molik of Australia on Thursday crashed out of the WTA Wismilak International Tennis Tournament on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.
Unheralded Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine defeated Molik 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 225,000-dollar tournament. "I let her play to her rhythm too much," Molik said after the match. "My serve was also bad today."
Molik, ranked world number 14 in the WTA rankings, claimed her first victory since April with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Argentina's Mariana Diaz-Oliva in the first round on Tuesday.
Molik missed the French Open and Wimbledon this year with a virus that affected her balance. Her comeback has been slow.
RESULTS (x denotes seeded player):
(2nd round singles): Flavia Pennetta (ITA x6) bt Martina Muller (GER) 6-3, 6-1; Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Laura Pous Tio (ESP) 6-3, 6-2; Lindsay Davenport (USA) bt Rika Fujiwara (JPN) 6-3, 6-2; Na Li (CHN x7) bt Zi Yan (CHN) 6-3, 6-4.
(1st round doubles): Maria Elena Camerin/Maria Vento-Kabchi (ITA/VEN) bt Ekaterina Bychkova/Kim Kilsdonk (RUS/NED) 6-3, 7-6 (7/3); Flavia Pennetta/Virginia Ruano Pascual (ITA/ESP) bt Maria Jose Argeri/Leticia Sobral (ARG/BRA) 6-1, 7-5; Ting Li/Tiantian Sun (CHN/CHN) bt Marta Domachowska/Sania Mirza (POL/IND) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Anna-Lena Groenefeld/Meghann Shaughnessy (GER/USA) bt Rika Fujiwara/Trudi Musgrave (JPN/AUS) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3.
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