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Palkina, ranked 203rd, an upset winner at Tashkent

Associated Press

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- Ksenia Palkina, a teenager from Kyrgyzstan ranked 203rd, upset second-seeded Olga Govortsova of Belarus 7-6 (7), 4-6, 7-5 Tuesday in the first round of the Tashkent Open. Govortsova is ranked 44th, and this was Palkina first victory over a player in the top 50. "I still cannot fully realize that I've won," Palkina said. "In the middle of the match I thought my chances of winning were about 40 percent." Top-seeded Peng Shuai of China advanced to the second round with a ...

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