Huge mess at the BNL Internazionali d’Italia with lots of upsets.
AZARENKA – PEER 6-1 6-2
Vika dismantles Peers in less then 1 hour to then retire due to a sharp pain to her right shoulder. Apparently she was suffering already last week in Madrid when she was trashed in the final by Serena Williams. This retirements will give a free ticket for Cibulkova to get to the quarter finals.
CETKOVSKA – RADWANSKA 6-4 4-6 6-1
Horrible stuff for the world nr.3 that lost her first match in 2012 from a player different from Azarenka. Strange enough Agnieszka never managed to defeat the Czech in her 2 previous encounters and she was upset also in this one.
“I am tired with all the matches I am playing on clay court, and I have some problems with my back,” Radwanska said. “But I still have some matches before Paris.”
Cetkovska will play Flavia Pennetta in the next round.
Head to Head 1-0 for Pennetta on the dirt in Acapulco in 2009.
GOERGES – BARTOLI 6-3 6-1
Julia breezes past Bartoli in 2 easy sets. It was not Marion’s day to concede to Goerges 11 break points (6 breaks!) and 6 double faults.
Goerges will face her countrywoman Angelique Kerber in the next round.
Head to Head 1-1. They never played on the claycourt in official matches before.
MEDINA GARRIGUES – WOZNIACKI 6-4 4-0 Ret.
The former world nr.1 was struggling through all the match to raise a white flag at the very end due to upper respiratory illness.
The Spaniard will play Serena Williams in the next round.
It is the first time they play each other
THE WILLIAMS
Venus ans Serena Williams also advance.
Venus defeated Makarova 7-6 (1) 6-1 with a bit of an untidy tennis in the first set. To play Sam Stosur in the next match. (Head to Head 4-1 for Venus)
Serena survived a 2 hours match with Nadia Petrova to win 4-6 6-2 6-3.
OTHER MATCHES
Cibulkova – [W] Knapp 6-3 4-6 6-1
Scheepers – Erakovic 5-7 6-1 6-2
Li – Benesova 6-1 7-5
Pennetta – [Q] Stephens 6-2 6-3
Kerber – King 6-3 6-2
Cirstea – Arvidsson 6-3 6-1
Stosur – Errani 6-3 7-5
Ivanovic – [Q] Soler-Espinosa 6-2 6-1
NEXT TOP MATCH
Sharapova – Ivanovic
