The USTA Women's

Challenger Event at the Peachtree City Tennis Center had a number of surprises

over the weekend.

only one seeded player was left. Saturday, two players who had to win

qualifying matches to enter the tournament faced off in the semi-finals

and Sunday the top seeded doubles team fell in the finals.

Su Wei Hsieh

won the singles portion of the tournament with wins over Lisa McShea Thursday,

6-0, 6-1; Jana Nejedly Friday, 6-3, 6-1; over Kelly McCain Saturday, 4-6,

7-6, 7-5, and Marie Eve Pelletier Sunday, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Hsieh had just

recently turned pro and had to win a spot in the tournament through qualifying

matches. Her opponent in the final, Pelletier, won matches against Kristen

Schlukebir, 6-1, 6-2; top seeded Allison Bradshaw, 6-2, 7-6, and Jessica

Fernandez, 6-2. 6-4.

The doubles

team of Bradshaw and Jennifer Embry won the doubles title with a win over

the team of Julie Pullin and Trudi Musgrave, 7-6, 6-2. Bradshaw and Embry

got wins over Hsieh and her partner Chin Wei Chan Thursday, 7-6, 6-3;

Nejedly and her partner Tatiana Perebiynis Friday, 6-4, 6-7, 6-2, and

Alyssa Cohen and Elizabeth Schmidt Saturday, 6-2, 6-2. Pullin and Musgrave's

road to the doubles final included wins over Ilke Gers and Tracey O'Connor,

6-1, 6-4; Svetlana Krivencheva and Karin Miller, 6-1, 6-1, and Tanner

Cochran and Schlukebir, 6-0, 6-0.

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