Bulgaria's Maleeva Defeated at Hong Kong

Sports | January 4, 2003, Saturday // 00:00

Bulgaria's best tennis player Magdalena Maleeva suffered its first defeat for 2003 in the opening round of Hong Kong Ladies Challenge tennis exhibition January 2. Maria Sharapova, a 15-year-old Russian based in Florida, advanced to the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Maleeva. On Friday American Monica Seles, a former world No.1, defeated Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 to advance to the final of the tennis tournament. The four-day exhibition tournament at Hong Kong's Victoria Park court featured eight players. Bulgaria's star Maleeva played the exhibition Hong Kong Ladies Challenge event along with Seles, the world No.7, Americans Chanda Rubin and Alexandra Stevenson.

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