Tough luck for the tournament organizers as Jelena Jankovic and Sabine Lisicki (the top 2 seeds) retire for the same reason: left hip injury.
Jelena was injured during the final in Tokyo lost to Serena Williams; Sabine managed to play the first match but then she really had to pull out.
This leaves 2 big favourite for the tournaments: Genie Bouchard and Sam Stosur.
Genie is in great form to have conceded only 7 games in the first 2 matches. Sam dismissed Johanna Larsson and (future tennis star) Belinda Bencic with the same result: 6-4 6-2.
