Garbin shocks Petrova in Australian tennis tournament
January 01, 2008 00:00:00
GOLD COAST, Dec 31 (AFP): Italy's Tathiana Garbin shocked second seed Nadia Petrova of Russia 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 in the first round of the Australian women's hardcourt tennis tournament here Monday.
Garbin reached the semi-finals of this event last year only to withdraw with breathing difficulties when leading Martina Hingis 4-3 in the first set.
