Hobart, Australia (Sports Network) - Fifth-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez
Navarro suffered a straight-set setback to Olga Govortsova in the first round
of the Hobart International tennis event, a final Australian Open tune-up.
The 24-year-old Govortsova of Belarus saved 3-of-5 break point opportunities
in a 6-2, 6-1 triumph on the hardcourts at Hobart International Tennis Centre.
American Sloane Stephens, the eighth seed, topped Great Britain's Laura
Robson, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in the only other first-round match Sunday.
German Mona Barthel defeated Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in last year's Hobart
finale.
The Sports Network