By Chris Davies
April 30 2003

The shocks carried on at the WTA Tour J&S Cup, Warsaw as 10th seed Tatiana Panova and home favourite Iva Majoli all went crashing out in straight forward fashion whilst Dokic wins in a struggle Panova who has beaten Jennifer Capriati this year could not find any answer to Sandra Kleinova from the Czech Republic when she thrashed the Russian 6-2, 6-1. Home hopes of a Croatian winning the title were all pinned on Iva Majoli, 1997 French Open Champion, but still yet to find her form on the clay surface falling to a 6-1, 6-4 loss to Denisa Chladkova.

Jelena Dokic struggled against Myriam Casanova in a 2 hour match but eventually beat the Swiss player 7-5, 7-6.

No problems for Francesca Schiavone who is a brilliant clay court player eased past another good clay court player Katarina Srebotnik.


Anna Pistolesi became the first player into the quarter-finals after beating American Jill Craybas in a one sided match.

First Round Results

Sandra Kleinova (Cze) bt (10) Tatiana Panova (Rus)
6-2, 6-1

Denisa Chladkova (Cze) bt Iva Majoli (Cro)
6-1, 6-4

Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slo)
6-2, 6-3

Renata Voracova (Cze) bt Marta Domachowska (Pol) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1

Magui Serna (Spa) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze)
6-2, 3-6, 7-5

Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) bt J Sakowicz (Pol)
6-3, 6-2

Second Round Results

(7) Anna Pistolesi (Isr) bt Jill Craybas (USA)
6-0, 7-5

(4) Jelena Dokic (Serb) bt Myriam Casanova (Sui)
7-5, 7-6 (13-11)