The first indoor tournament of the season had already an upset: Julia Goerges.
Surprisingly the German didn’t manage to defeat wild carded Kristina Mladenovic (French teenager and world no.87) to lose 7-5 5-7 7-6 (4). The match lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. The French will play either Pavlyuchenkova or Wickmayer in the 2nd round.
Roberta Vinci confirms that she is playing the best tennis of her career. The Italian seed no.5 dismissed Simona Halep 6-0 6-3 in just 52 minutes. The first set was a 25 vs 8 points trash. Roberta will play Mona Barthel in the second round.
Home favorite Alize Cornet defeated Sonia Arvidsson 6-3 4-6 6-0 in 1 hour and and 43 minutes. Alize will play either Lino Dominguez or Lucie Safarova in the second round.
Shot of the day from Alize Cornet