Rash of upsets highlight day three at Classic

Published: 7:02PM Wednesday January 07, 2009 Source: NZPA

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There was a rash of upsets at the ASB Classic on Wednesday, with the biggest being fourth-seeded Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak's 7-5 6-2 defeat to Japanese qualifier Ayumi Morita.

Third seed Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain also went out 3-6 6-2 7-5 at the hands of Romanian Edina Gallovits.

The other seeds to depart were Czech Nicole Vaidisova (sixth), Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (seventh) and Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro (eighth).

Pavlyuchenkova, 17, the tournament's youngest player, was beaten 6-2 6-3 by Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai, last year's runner-up.

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