Bali, Indonesia (Sports Network) - Second-seeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova highlighted Wednesday's second-round winners at the $225,000 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic.Hantuchova handled Dutch wild card Elise Tamaela 7-5, 6-3 at the beautiful Grand Hyatt Bali.
A second-round upset came when Japanese qualifier Ayumi Morita mauled sixth- seeded German Martina Muller 6-4, 6-0. Morita will now appear in her first- ever WTA Tour quarterfinal, against Hantuchova.
One other second-round match saw Romanian Edina Gallovits ground Chinese qualifier Meng Yuan 6-2, 6-4, while one final opening-round bout had seventh- seeded Japanese Aiko Nakamura besting Thai Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5.
On Thursday, second-round matches will come for top-seeded Serbian Jelena Jankovic and former world No. 1 American Lindsay Davenport, who is playing her first singles tennis in almost a year this week. Jankovic will face Aussie Casey Dellacqua, while the 2005 Bali titlist Davenport will encounter fellow American Julie Ditty.
This week's winner will collect $32,340.
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