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Li Fang Upset by Nejedly in Women's Tennis
Chinese tennis player Li Fang was upset by Jana Nejedly of Canada 6-2, 6-0 on Sunday in the opening day of the US$170,000 IGA US indoor championships in Oklahoma City.
Jana Kandarr of Germany won Sunday's only other match with a 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 win over sixth seed Ai Sugiyama of Japan.
Sugiyama, ranked 39th, got off to a fast start, but eventually wilted against the big-serving Kandarr.
Sugiyama had three service breaks in the first set and won six straight games for the 6-1 victory.
But the 85th-ranked Kandarr used seven aces and two service breaks to take the second set 7-5.
Both players broke serve to begin the third set, but Kandarr broke Sugiyama again in the 11th game to take a 6-5 lead. She wrapped up the two-hour, 11-minute match with her ninth ace of the day.
Nejedly breezed through the day's first match, beating Li in 44 minutes.
Nejedly, number 76 in the world, was leading 3-2 when she ran off the next nine games to register the victory.
It was Nejedly's first win in four tries against Li, who is ranked a lowly 501.
Monica Seles and Australian Open champion Jennifer Capriati are the top seeds and will not begin play until Tuesday and Wednesday.
Two seeded players are in action on Monday, with fourth seed Amy Frazier taking on fellow-American qualifier Sandra Cacic, while seventh-seeded Cara Black of Zimbabwe meets qualifier Aniko Kapros of Hungary.
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