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Ethan James

Daria Saville notches upset victory in Open lead-up

Daria Saville scored a gutsy three-set win in her first-round match at the Hobart International. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's Daria Saville has claimed her biggest win in almost 18 months, toppling world No.46 Russian Anna Blinkova in the opening round of the Hobart International. 

It is a big boost for the 29-year-old ahead of the Australian Open - Saville was contentiously granted the final discretionary wildcard ahead of the country's highest-ranked woman Arina Rodionova. 

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