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AUSTRALIAN OPEN: Dementieva's Early Exit

/noticias.info/ Monday, 16 January, 2006
by Ashley Browne

Russia's No.9 seed Elena Dementieva has become the first seed to depart Melbourne Park at Australian Open 2006 after a surprise 7-5 6-2 loss to Germany's Julia Schruff, ranked at No.80.

The Russian was undone by her serve, with 12 double-faults a key factor behind her defeat. She also made 37 unforced errors and won just 24 per cent of her second serves.

Dementieva was one of only two players in 2004 to make two Grand Slam finals and was making her eighth appearance at Melbourne Park. Schruff, 23, is in the main draw for only the second time, having lost in the first round here last year. Her best effort at any Grand Slam was a third-round appearance at last year's US Open.

Show Court 2 - WS - 1st Round
Match Statistics

Elena Dementieva RUS (9) 5 2
Julia Schruff GER 7 6

• Schruff hit 19 winners to 18
• Schruff won 64 per cent of her points on first serve
• Dementieva recorded the fastest serve of the match, 170 km/h
• Schruff already has a big name scalp to her name in 2006, defeating Elena Likhovtseva in Auckland a fortnight ago. notas_de_prensa_archivo