Magdalena Rybarikova is the NEW Top 50 player on Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings. As 19/1/2009 Magdalena climbed 7 places to mark her spot in Top 50 at #50. Photos from Hobart.
Auckland, NZL 5 - 10 January 2009 Hard $220,000 International
Magdalena Rybarikova will play on ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand. This is the 1st WTA Tournament for Magdalena. She draw with #4 seed Canadian Alexandra Wozniak on the 1st round.
1st round: Alexandra Wozniak (CAN) - 33
result: 3/6 7/6 (4) 5/7
Comments about the match:
Magdalena show everybody for another time that she is a great player. She could have won the match in the third set as she was leading 4-2. There was a big fight as both players want to win their opening match of 2009. At the end of the 3rd set, Wozniak kept her nerves and finish tha match with a 3/6 7/6 5/7. The match last over 2 hours under the hot sun of Auckland. Magdalena's next tournament will be next week in Hobart International Tournament in Australia.