We have no casualties in the very top seeds of the Korean Open.
Agnieska Radwanska and Maria Kirilenko (the top 2 seeds) conceded only few games to their opponents.
Radwanska
Agnieszka had to face world no. 71 Alexandra Cadantu in the opener. That was just a 67 minutes match with Agnieszka scoring 60 points vs. Cadantu’s 39. Match Stats.
The Pole will play world no. 106 Estrella Cabeza-Candela in the second round.
Kirilenko
Maria conceded 6 games in a 1 hour and 40 minutes match to the world no. 334 Chin-Wei Chan from Taipei. Maria had some problems on her serve to concede 2 breaks (she saved 8 break points out of 10) and to commit 6 double faults. Match Stats.
Maria will play 42 years old Kimiko Date-Krumm in the second round. Head to head is 2-1 for Kimiko that has won this tournament in 2009 beating Maria in the semifinal!
Regarding the other results, former Roland Garros champion Francesca Schiavone beat Andrea Petkovic 6-1 2-6 6-4, the seed no.4 Klara Zakopalova was badly upset by home favourite 18 years-old Su Jeong Jang 6-3 6-1, seed no.5 Elina Svitolina lost to Lara Arruabarrena 7-5 2-6 6-4.
