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Chakvetadze ousts Petrova in Pilot Pen

Associated Press

Sunday, August 23, 2009

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Anna Chakvetadze ended Nadia Petrova's final hardcourt tuneup for the U.S. Open with a 0-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 win Sunday in the Pilot Pen. After being utterly blanked in the first set, Chakvetadze held off Petrova's late charge in the third set to upset No. 4 seed. "If I had won the second game of the second set, the result would have been like the first set," said Petrova, ranked No. 12 in the world. "When she got that key game, she felt like she was back in the match." At o ...

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