Wickmayer into last round of qualifying

Yanina Wickmayer, the rising Belgian star ranked #16 in the world moved to the third and last round of qualifying for the 2010 Australian Open after beating Naomi Cadavay of Great Britain. A day after escaping with a third set come from behind victory in the first round of qualifying, Wickmayer needed less than an hour in disposing of Cadavay - 60 61. She won more than twice as many points as her opponent, 54 - 26, and finished the match with an incredible 0 unforced errors. She never faced a breakpoint while converting six of the eleven break points against Cadavay.

Wickmayer will face Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain for a slot in the women's singles draw. Despite being ranked #16 and winning the Auckland tournament last week, Wickmayer was forced to join the qualifying tournament since she was suspended when the entry list for the first grand slam of the year was finalized last December 2009. Her suspension was eventually lifted but she was denied an outright wildcard into the main draw by tournament organizers.

After the draw was announced today, any of the following twelve players may face Wickmayer if she qualifies:

- PETKOVIC, Andrea GER
- #13 STOSUR, Samantha AUS
- DULKO, Gisela ARG
- IVANOVIC, Ana SRB
- GROTH, Jarmila AUS (WildCard)
- DULGHERU, Alexandra ROU
- #15 CLIJSTERS, Kim BEL
- GOVORTSOVA, Olga BLR
- HERCOG, Polona SLO
- #31 BONDARENKO, Alona UKR
- BACSINSZKY, Timea SUI
- ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA, Barbora CZE