One of our Russian cutie pies, Anna Chakvetadze, suffered a loss in the Quarterfinals of the 2008 WTA Tour Bank of the West Classic Tennis Tournament in Stanford, California, USA.
Anna, the 2nd seed, lost to 6th seed Marion Bartoli of France in straight sets, 3-6, 4-6.
Anna had a 1st round BYE, won her 2nd round match against Shahar Peer, which set up the 3rd round match against Bartoli in the Quarterfinals. So she only played two matches in this tournament. This is a disappointing loss for Anna, and not much of a warm up for the U.S. Open in August. Hopefully she can pick up her game by then.
