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Ivanovic ousted in Pan Pacific opener

Associated Press

Sunday, September 27, 2009

TOKYO -- Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic has upset former top-ranked Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 6-4, 7-6 (1) in the first round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open. The 10th-seeded Ivanovic double-faulted 11 times on Sunday and connected on just 41 percent of her first serves against the unseeded Safarova. Top-ranked Dinara Safina of Russia, the defending champion, and No. 2-seeded Venus Williams have first-round byes. In other first-round matches, Russia's Alisa Kleybanova defeated Japan's Ayum ...

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