Flavia Pennetta kept herself in contention for a place in the WTA Championships to be held in Doha later this month when she defeated American Meghann Shaughnessy 6-1, 6-1 in the first round yesterday.<br /><br />
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">Flavia Pennetta, who beat Meghann Shaughnessy yesterday</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Seven of the eight places for the season-ending spectacular have been filled with five players other than Pennetta striving for the final berth.<br /><br />"Well, it's there," said the top seed here. "We are four or five players, but I have to win this one and Moscow so it will be not easy. But I'm here to try and make it, of course."<br /><br />A left knee injury has meant that Shaughnessy has barely competed over the past two seasons.<br /><br />She claimed just one win in the six matches she played in 2008, and her only victory in nine matches this year came against an opponent ranked 638.<br /><br />She began aggressively against Pennetta, holding serve to love, but then failed to take advantage of four game points at 1-1 before the Italian broke with a crosscourt pass. 

Flavia Pennetta kept herself in contention for a place in the WTA Championships to be held in Doha later this month when she defeated American Meghann Shaughnessy 6-1, 6-1 in the first round yesterday.

Pennetta wins her first match in season ending event

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