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US Open champion Flavia Pennetta stunned in Tianjin by Ukranian qualifier

US Open champion and top seed Flavia Pennetta loses in straight sets to Lyudmyla Kichenok, a player 406 places below her, in the first round of the Tianjin Open.

Top-seed Flavia Pennetta has been knocked out in the first round of the Tianjin Open by a player 406 places below her in the world rankings.

Ukranian qualifier Lyudmyla Kichenok, the world number 414, took just over an hour and a half to beat the US Open champion 6-3 7-5.

In both sets Kichenok broke first before Pennetta hit back, but the Italian then gave up her serve again to go down in China.

It is the second week in a row she has exited a tournament early after losing in the China Open third round.

Kichenok will face qualifier Ying-Ying Duan in the second round.

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