By Chris Davies
January 12 2005

Israel's Anna Smashnova crashed out of the Canberra Classic on Wednesday with a surprise loss to Melinda Czink with top seed Silvia Farina-Elia cruising through The second seed who cruised through her last match without losing a single game was totally outclassed 6-2, 6-1 by the Hungarian lucky loser, who now plays Germany's Marlene Weingartner.

Top seed Silvia Farina Elia beat Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-2, 6-3, while fourth seed Marion Bartoli saw off Michaella Krajicek 6-4 6-4.

Yuliana Fedak of the Ukraine caused an upset with a 6-2 7-6 (8-6) win over Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn


Second Round Results

Yuliana Fedak (Ukr) bt Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha)
6-2, 7-6 (8-6)

Melinda Czink (Hun) bt (2) Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (Isr)
6-2, 6-1

(1) Silvia Farina Elia (Ita) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger)
6-2, 6-3

Lindsay Lee-Waters (USA) bt Aniko Kapros (Hun)
1-6, 7-5, 6-3

(4) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Michaella Krajicek (Ned)
6-4, 6-4

Ana Ivanovic (Ser) bt Evie Dominikovic (Aus)
5-7, 6-3, 6-4