Big suriprises in Pattaya. Unfortunately the rain made the organisation schedule two mathes in the same day for some players… and that was a problem.
Daniela Hantuchova didn’t manage to cope with it. The Slovakian beauty won her first match 6-1 3-6 6-0 against Puchkova, but then she couldn’t make it in the second one to retire when she ws losing 6-2 3-0 to Bratchikova.
The big news of the day was Ayumi Morita that after defeating seed no.1 Ana Ivanovic, she also beat her compatriot and tennis veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm 4-6 6-4 6-1.
Another upset came when Heater Watson lost to Latvian qualifier (and world no.183) Ananstasija Sevastova 7-6 (4) 4-6 6-2.
Finally Maria Kirilenko (seed no.2) survived a scare against world no.155 Luksika Kumkhum (wildcard from Thailand). The Russian won 5-7 6-2 6-2 in 2 hours and 22 minutes.
