Dokic headlines Wednesday night

12 January 2010, by Hobart International Tennis

Jelena Dokic will headline play at the Moorilla Hobart International on Wednesday night when she faces No.2 seed Shahar Peer in the second round.

Dokic won her first round match in straight sets against British No.1 Elena Baltacha on Monday.

Peer also won her first round match in straight sets, knocking out Australian wildcard Olivia Rogowska.

Wednesday night’s match will be the first time the players have faced each other on the court.

During the day Alicia Molik will headline play when she faces [5] Carla Suarez Navarro. Molik moved into the second round after beating Sania Mirza in three tough sets on Monday night.

The last time the pair met was in 2008 on clay in Barcelona with Suarez Navarro triumphing in straight sets.

In other matches [6] Aleksandra Wozniak takes on qualifier Kirsten Flipkens in the second round. Flipkens won her first round game against wildcard recipient Sophie Ferguson.

Third seed Kateryna Bondarenko takes on Sara Errani. The pair last played in 2008 with Errani winning in straight sets.