Other top players began their adventure on the blue clay.
AZARENKA – KUTSNETSOVA 7-6 (5) 6-4
Vika had a very difficult first match against the former world nr.2.
Eventually she succeed in reaching the second round after a good a battle that lasted 1h and 44m. Azarenka will play a qualifier in the next round (Hlavackova or Rodionova)
SHARAPOVA – BEGU 6-0 6-3
Maria was in ominous form. The first set was a bit embarassing with Maria winning 25 points out of 33. The second set showed a bit of a context to end 6-3. The overall match lasted only 1 hour.
Maria will play Zakopalova in the next round.
RADWANSKA – [W] ARRUABARENA-VECI 6-3 6-1
It took less than 1hour for the world nr.4 to defeat the wildcarded opponent (ranked world nr.131).
Agnieszka will play next either Saran Errani (winner of the tournament in Budapest) or Scheepers.
WOZNIACKI – PERKAV 7-6 (7) 3-6 6-4
Caroline survived a 3 hours match with the world nr 38. The Dane had a ankle injury during the match and she managed to save 14 breakpoints out of 22!
In the next round she will clash with Mona Barthel (in great form!) that defeated Gorges 6-4 6-1
IVANOVIC – JOHANSSON 6-4 6-1
No problems for Ana to dispatch her opponent in straight sets. Once again there was an incredible high number of breaks (9 in total) and break points (22) for such a straightforward match.
Ana will play Nadia Petrova i nthe next round.
OTHER RESULTS
Pertrova King 4-6 6-3 6-1
Kerber – [Q] Larsson 6-1 6-4
Wickmayer – Gajdosova 6-2 6-4
Vinci – Cibulkova 6-3 6-2
[Q] Lepchenko – Schiavone 6-4 6-7 (8) 6-3
Peer – Hercog 6-3 7-5
Medina Garrigues – Pironkova 6-0 6-2
Kirilenko – Zheng 7-6 (7) 3-6 6-4
Pavlyuchenkova – [Q] Craybas 6-2 6-7 (6) 6-1
NEXT INTERESTING MATCH
Kerber – Venus Williams
Photo Credit to Christian Mesiano
