PATTAYA : Rain wiped out play at the PTT Pattaya Open yesterday as tournament officials were forced to reschedule to catch up on lost matches.
Persistent rain forced officials to call off yesterday’s play at the PTT Pattaya Open.
Most affected by the weather is defending champion Daniela Hantuchova who has yet to start her first round match. The Solvakian star, who was scheduled to play Olga Puchkova on Tuesday, will now take on her Russian opponent in the second match on Court One today.
After hours of rain delay, officials finally threw in the soggy towel and play was called off at 7:45pm yesterday.
Organisers have rescheduled the remaining three singles matches of the first round and all the eight second round matches for today, starting at 10am.
Serbian top seed Ana Ivanovic, whose first round match against Ayumi Morita of Japan was suspended due to rain on Tuesday, will resume trailing 6-3, 5-7, 1-2 while Russian seventh seed Elena Vesnina of Russia will also resume against Eleni Daniilidou of Greece 6-2, 1-0.
TODAY'S ORDER OF PLAY
Court 1 (start at 10am)
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) vs Ayumi Morita (JPN); Olga Puchkova (RUS) vs Daniela Hantuchova (SVK); Heather Watson (GBR) vs Anastasija Sevastova (LAT); Luksika Kumkhum (THA) vs Maria Kirilenko (RUS); Ana Ivanovic or Ayumi Morita (JPN) vs Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN); Nina Bratchikova (RUS) vs Olga Puchkova (RUS) or Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
Court 2 (start at 10am)
Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs Eleni Daniilidou (GRE); Marina Erakovic (NZL) vs Varatchaya Wongteanchai (THA); Alexandra Panova (RUS) vs Sabine Lisicki (GER); Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) vs Sorana Cirstea (ROU); Elena Vesnina (RUS) or Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) vs Matilde Johansson (FRA)
Court 3 (start 10am)
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/Shahar Peer (ISR) vs Hsieh Shu-Ying (TWN)/Liu Wan-Ting (CHN); Chang Kai-Chen (TWN)/Vania King (USA) vs Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA)/Peantarn Plipuech (THA); Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA)/Ksenia Palkina (KGZ) vs Irina Buryachok (UKR)/Valeria Solovyeva (RUS); Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)/Alexandra Panova (RUS) vs Marina Erakovic (NZL)/Heather Watson (GBR)