Flavia was one of a handful of seeds to be knocked out on day one of the Australian Open. Flavia lost 3-6 6-1 2-6 to qualifier Nina Bratchikova of Russia in 1 hour and 29 minutes.
Flavia will play her first round match at the Australian Open on Monday. Flavia will play qualifier Nina Bratchikova of Russia. Flavia has never played the 136th ranked Russian before. This match is the second match on Court 13 and the schedule of play begins at 11.00 local time.
The draw for the first Grand Slam of the year at the Australian Open in Melbourne has been released and Flavia is seeded No.19 and will play a qualifier in the first round.
The first seed Flavia can meet is No.16 seed Shuai Peng of China in the third round.
Flavia has played the Australian Open nine times before and her best result was reaching the fourth round last year.
Flavia and Gisela Dulko lost their first round match in the doubles competition at the Apia International in Sydney. They lost 4-6 5-7 to Raquel Kop Jones and Abigail Spears.
Flavia’s next tourament is the Australian Open beginning on 16th January.
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