กก JAKARTA, Sept. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- French Open champion Anastasia Myskina of Russia must face an early exit in the Wismilak International Tennis Tournament in Bali after losing to Maria Elena Camerin of Italy 3-6, 6-1, 2-6 in the second round on Thursday.
Myskina, who is seeded number one in the 225,000 US dollars tournament, became one of the top casualties including third seed Ai Sugiyama of Japan, fifth seed Chanda Rubin of the United States,sixth seed Maria Vento-Kabchi and eight seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Montenegro.
Myskina's exit also means that a pre-tournament prediction for a possible all-Russian final as in the case of the French Open andU.S. Open will not happen.
However, a semifinal between Russians is still possible with U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova cruising tothe quarterfinals, the Jakarta Post newspaper reported Friday.
Petrova edged Marta Marrero of Spain 7-5, 6-1 while Kuznetsova,whose U.S. Open title came at the expense of fellow Russian Elena Dementieva, won over Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-4, 6-4.
Myskina, who had come to the tournament as the favorite, was not able to show her winning formula that earned her the French Open title in May.
She fell to a string of unforced errors against the 22-year-oldCamerin whom she beat at the Indian Wells tournament earlier this year.
Myskina committed seven double faults in the first game and hershots continually went wide to sum up her poor play.
"I can't find my game. I tried to do my best but somehow it didn't work," Myskina said.
"I played bad today but I am not going to make any excuse for my defeat. Life is up and down and apparently this is my down. This is my bad day and this is my worst defeat this year."
Camerin said that she was extremely thrilled with her victory, her first in as many tournaments she had played the Russian before.
Meanwhile, host player Angelique Wijaya gave scores of local fans moment to cheer with her 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 victory over Anca Barna of Germany. Enditem | 
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