Taking Stock of Stockholm

Sigh. Marat went to all the trouble of beating Kolya only to go down tamely to Evgeny Korolev.

Pout.

Oh well. Marat will be Marat, and we should treasure the last few matches we have with him, even if he does fizzle out.

Let's talk Stockholm, because that's an interesting little tournament. I'm really pulling for the Yoker to win this one - is he still in with a chance of qualifying for the end of year championships? He was coming ninth, last time I looked... because he DESERVES THAT SPOT. I think it's a three way tussle at the mo between him, Verdasco and Kolya... and much as Nando's had a career year, it really wouldn't be fair to see all that hard work that the Yoker's put in go to waste. French Open final? It seems fair and just that it should be Soderling. So I'm cheering for him bigtime this week.

But the guy I'm really watching - for interest's sake more than anything else - is Marcos Baghdatis. He's been out for what seems like a thousand years, and it is good to see him playing - and winning! - again. He beat Kendrick two and two today, which is a pretty decent result. I mean, sure, Kendrick isn't exactly Federer, but he's played some tough tennis in his time (fade into the far away, so close match he played with Rafa at Wimbledon a few years back). So that was a good win for Marcos, and, damn it, he's just so happy and smiley! He deserves to win stuff!

So I'm keeping an eye on his comeback - as well as Pim-Pim's. I was talking a while back about him as a 'where are they now?' candidate, and suddenly BAM! he's coming back again. I don't think there's any way he'll ever reach his former glory, but he's been winning a match or two and that's pretty awesome.

Now if we could only get Sebastien Grosjean back on court...


Today's Results

Kremlin Cup (Moscow)

Men's Draw

Janko Tipsarevic def. Christophe Rochus, 6-4 2-1 retired
Robby Ginepri def. Marcel Granollers, 7-6 (7-5) 6-0
Mikhail Kukushkin def. Wayne Odesnik, 6-3 6-4
Illya Marchenko def. Andrey Golubev, 6-1 1-6 6-4
Evgeny Korolev def. Marat Safin, 6-4 7-6 (7-4)


Women's Draw

Tsvetana Pironkova def. Vera Zvonareva, 6-0 6-2
Jelena Jankovic def. Lucie Safarova, 7-6 (7-5) 6-3
Francesca Schiavone def. Monica Niculescu, 6-2 7-5
Alisa Kleybanova def. Evgeniya Rodina, 6-1 6-2
Vera Dushevina def. Agnes Szavay, 3-6 6-4 6-3
Maria Kirilenko def. Aleksandra Wozniak


If Stockholm Open (Stockholm)

Robin Soderling def. Andreas Seppi, 6-1 6-3
Jarkko Nieminen def. Tommy Haas, walkover
Olivier Rochus def. Feliciano Lopez, 4-6 6-4 6-1
Marcos Baghdatis def. Robert Kendrick, 6-2 6-2
Arnaud Clement def. Michael Berrer, 3-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-1


BGL Luxembourg Open (Luxembourg)

Daniela Hantuchova def. Lucie Hradecka, 7-5 3-6 6-2
Yanina Wickmayer def. Alize Cornet, 7-5 7-6 (8-6)
Shahar Peer def. Carla Suarez Navarro, 3-6 6-3 6-1

Pim-Pim and Paradorn

Now here's something I didn't know - Paradorn Srichaphan is set to return to the tour next week at the Thailand Open. There you go.

Sure, it's only in the doubles, but I had pretty much given up hope on him altogether - he's been out since, what, 2006? 2007? A long time ago, anyway. During which time he married Miss Universe or some other beauty pageant type person, which became his new claim to fame. Here's hoping he can get back a bit more of that 'Thailand's favourite son' mojo and lose that 'tennis player married to super hot chick' thing he's been working of late. I like Paradorn. He's a bit of a character. It'll be nice to see him back.

Of course, here's hoping he stays back, instead of coming back sporadically, retiring again, playing a few Challengers and then fading into obscurity. I am definitely not thinking of Joachim 'Pim-Pim' Johansson here. Oh no. Not at all. Whatever happened to him, anyway? He made some kind of comeback late last year, didn't he? Or was it this year? Anyway, I haven't heard of or seen anything of him since. He could be playing satellite events or playing pool in his local pub for all I know. Definitely no Clijsters style comeback, that's for sure.

...okay, I just did a bit of a search on Pim-Pim, my curiosity being piqued, and he played a few Challengers in April and May, before seemingly fading into oblivion. His last match was a walkover - I can only conclude that he's out injured again. Or possibly retired. Who can tell.

Sebastien Grosjean has been in this position as well - he's been out for seemingly forever, before coming back briefly in the grass court season, withdrawing injured and then coming back this week in Metz, where he won a match before going down. Slightly better for a comeback. It's odd, these players that you totally forget about until their names pop up and you're like, 'that's right - you exist!' Marcos Baghdatis, there's another one. Where is he at these days?

So I drifted a little from my original intended subject, which was 'yay for Paradorn coming back!' Oops. Let me then conclude with 'yay for Paradorn coming back!' and a fervent wish that he fares better than poor Pim-Pim.


Today's Results

BCR Open Romania (Bucharest)

Juan Monaco def. Simon Greul, 6-4 6-3
Albert Montanes def. Santiago Ventura, 4-6 6-4 6-1


Open de Moselle (Metz)

Gael Monfils def. Richard Gasquet, 6-4 6-3
Philipp Kohlschreiber def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, 7-6 (7-5) 6-4


Hansol Korea Open (Seoul)

Anabel Medina Garrigues def. Anna-Lena Groenefeld, 2-6 6-3 6-1
Kimiko Date Krumm def. Maria Kirilenko, 3-6 6-2 6-4


Tashkent Open (Tashkent)

Akgul Amanmuradova def. Yaroslava Shvedova, 6-4 7-6 (7-3)
Shahar Peer def. Olga Govortsova, 7-6 (7-5) 6-2

The Return of Richou

In all this flurry of me doubting the Henin return, Henin returning and then the Davis Cup draw for next year happening, I quite forgot that there was some actual, you know, tennis going on. And one very interesting thing that happened was Richard Gasquet scoring his first win back after his suspension.

To be precise, it's two wins now, after he beat Christophe Rochus in his second round match in Metz, which puts him into the quarter finals. Fancy that. This is a good result for Richou - very good indeed.

But the fact of the matter is that the two players he's beaten are players he should beat, considering how amazingly talented he is. He's toughed out both matches - which, from his perspective, is a very good thing, considering what a nightmarish headcase he is. The first match he won was in a third set breaker, so that took some steel.

And that's what I want to see from Richou now. I want some steel. He's won another chance to come back to tennis - I don't want to see him fritter it away on choking and temper tantrums. He's got too much talent for that. He has the ability to be up at the top of the game, and I want to see that again. He once reached #7 in the world - maybe even #6, I can't actually remember. I don't expect him to do that again, not with the depth of talent in the ATP - but he should be able to win matches. Lots of matches. Have some good wins over tough players. He's got the talent to do it - I want him to deliver.

That was a bit of a long-winded ramble, but it's all true. I refuse to be impressed by Richou winning these two matches - even if he did tough them out - until he can play his hand well in a big match where the chips are down. That'll be a true test of character.

Oh, and welcome back to another Frenchman - who unfortunately lost today, but did manage to score a win earlier this week. Nice to see you back, Sebastien Grosjean. May you stay back.


Today's Results

BCR Open Romania (Bucharest)

Maximo Gonzalez def. Oscar Hernandez, 7-5 3-6 6-1
Simon Greul def. Daniel Koellerer, 6-1 6-4
Juan Monaco def. Pere Riba, 6-4 6-2
Pablo Cuevas def. Peter Luczak, 7-5 6-4


Open de Moselle (Metz)

Janko Tipsarevic def. Ivan Ljubicic, 6-4 7-6 (7-3)
Gael Monfils def. Sebastien Grosjean, 6-1 6-1
Philipp Petzschner def. Michael Llodra, 7-6 (7-3) 6-3
Richard Gasquet def. Christophe Rochus, 7-5 4-6 6-2


Hansol Korea Open (Seoul)

Daniela Hantuchova def. Chanelle Scheeper, 6-1 6-1
Maria Kirilenko def. Francesca Schiavone, 6-1 1-2 retired
Vera Dushevina def. Anastasija Sevastova, 7-5 6-1


Tashkent Open (Tashkent)

Akgul Amanmuradova def. Ekaterina Bychkova, 4-6 7-5 7-6 (7-4)
Olga Govortsova def. Vesna Manasieva, 6-2 6-3
Shahar Peer def. Kathrin Woerle, 6-2 604
Alexandra Panova def. Patricia Mayr, 7-5 6-1

Go See Sebastien

One from three on Stars today - Marin Cilic beat Flavio Cipolla, but both Jeremy Chardy and Eduardo Schwank were first round casualties. Not too fussed about Schwank - he was, I think, only a flash in the pan, and is only hanging on to Star status by his teeth. But Chardy... I'm a bit disappointed by his performance over the last couple of weeks. He was the fourth seed in one of the tournaments last week, and I thought he had quite a good shot at winning... but last week was the week of the old guy, I suppose. Here's hoping Jeremy gets back on his feet again soon.

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Speaking of a disappointing performance, Alize, where art thou? She was the top seed in Barcelona, and got absolutely pulverised by Stephanie Cohen-Aloro. If she isn't injured... God, I hope she's injured. This performance is absolutely inexcusable otherwise. Ever since she had those match points against Safina in Australia, she has absolutely crumbled. Perhaps she should go and have a word with countryman Sebastien Grosjean. He knows a thing or two about choking.

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...though he probably couldn't give her many useful points on how to stop.

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But seriously, it is so disappointing! She is a great little player and she's great on clay especially. What's gone on here? This is something that clearly needs to be addressed. I hate to see promising young guns, who should be off conquering tennis Everests with Victoria Azarenka and Caroline Wozniacki and co, succumbing to the paralysis currently sweeping the WTA. I thought it was only the more 'senior' members of the top ten (feels strange to call players like the Serbians senior - they haven't been round that long!) but Alize's caught the disease too.

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Who is going to fix the WTA? That has got to be the biggest question in tennis right now. Where did it go wrong, and who is going to set it right?

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Today's Results

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Monte Carlo Rolex Masters (Monte Carlo)

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Marin Cilic def. Flavio Cipolla, 6-3 6-2

Nicolas Lapentti def. Radek Stepanek, 6-3 1-6 6-3

Oscar Hernandez def. Julien Benneteau, 6-4 6-4

Juan Igancio Chela def. Igor Kunitsyn, 6-4 2-6 7-5

Victor Hanescu def. Alberto Martin, 6-2 6-3

Andreas Seppi def. Jurgen Melzer, 6-2 6-0

Marcel Granollers def. Jose Acasuso, 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-2)

Juan Monaco def. Jeremy Chardy, 6-2 7-5

Marc Gicquel def. Eduardo Schwank, 3-6 6-1 7-6 (7-2)

Andreas Beck def. Nicolas Kiefer, 1-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-4

Ivan Ljubicic def. Kristof Vliegen, 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-4

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Family Circle Cup (Charleston)

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Peng Shuai def. Anastasia Pivovarova, 6-0 6-2

Alona Bondarenko def. Anne Kremer, 6-4 6-0

Virginie Razzano def. Mallory Cecil, 6-1 6-2

Vania King def. Olga Govortsova, 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3

Tamira Paszek def. Julia Schruff, 7-5 6-2

Patricia Mayr def. Yan Zi, 6-2 6-2

Rossana de los Ríos def. Carly Gullickson, 6-1 6-4

Varvara Lepchenko def. Galina Voskoboeva, 6-1 6-3

Julie Ditty def. Ayumi Morita, 6-1 6-1

Anastasia Rodionova def. Madison Brengle, 6-2 7-6 (7-4)

Lenka Wienerova def. Alexa Glatch, 6-4 7-5

Melanie Oudin def. Olga Savchuk, 6-4 6-0

Anastasija Sevastova def. Marta Domachowska, 6-1 1-6 6-4

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Barcelona Ladies Open (Barcelona)

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Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro def. Alizé Cornet, 6-0 6-3

Flavia Pennetta def. Petra Kvitova, 6-3 6-3

Sara Errani def. Mathilde Johansson, 2-6 7-5 6-3

Lucie Safarova def. Tsvetana Pironkova, 6-1 3-6 6-0

Magdalena Rybarikova def. Klara Zakopalova, 6-1 7-6 (9-7)

Roberta Vinci def. Pauline Parmentier, 6-4 7-6 (9-7)

Blaming LA

Tennis in America is a pain, if you ask me. The timezone is all wrong for blogging. I sit here at 9am Australian Eastern Standard Time time, hoping to recap the past day - even though I haven't actually seen any of it, I rely on my ability to deduce and basically make stuff up - but when the tennis is in America, or worse, on the west coast of America, the day has barely begun. Really, LA, catch up. You're behind - timewise, at least. You are inconveniencing me greatly.

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Because I really, really have nothing to talk about. I'm sure Odesnik/Reynolds and Stoppini/Kunitsyn were fascinating in their way, but I can tell you very little about any of those players. I don't think I've even heard of Stoppini. As I write this, Grosjean and Spadea are into a third, as are Vemic and Warburg. Much as I like Sebastien Grosjean, these are hardly world stopping matches... especially when you can't see them.

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And I am not talking about rankings. I am not even thinking about rankings. Oh no.

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Federer moved to a new apartment. Does that count as something? Today, I am afraid, I have nothing to say. I blame LA. They're as good a scapegoat as anyone else.

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Today's Results

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Countrywide Classic (Los Angeles)

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Wayne Odesnik def. Bobby Reynolds, 4-6 6-1 6-4

Andrea Stoppini def. Igor Kunitsyn, 6-1 6-3

Mardy Fish def. Alejandro Falla, 6-2 6-2

Mmm, Safin

So it's going to be a pretty dull week, tennis-wise, it seems... at least until the Olympics start on Friday. The only men's tournament going on is in LA, and it's a pretty small one - which is as you would expect, I suppose, what with them Olympics. The one player I'll be following is Safin, who seems to be doing okay so far - he and Igor Kunitsyn took out a pretty decent doubles duo in Ker and Soares. So good work, boys... for what it's worth.

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Actually, this might be Marat's big chance. It's pretty awful, but with all the big guys over at the Olympics, he might stand a decent chance of winning his first title since 2005. Wouldn't that be nice? Right after his little sister won the women's US Open series... (which means that if she wins the US Open she'll win an obscene amount of money - something like two and a half million dollars.) So let's have a bit of a look at the LA draw... Marat's a seed! How cool is that!? He's now ranked #38 in the world, which means all he has to do is scrape a few more places and he can be seeded at the US Open. Which means he can't repeat his Wimbledon feat and remove Djokovic early, but I suppose we can't have everything.

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So Marat faces Isner in the first round, which could be a tough one... but I think I have a tendency to overestimate Isner, Kohlschreiber-style. So let's say Marat comes through that... he'll face the winner of Odesnik and Reynolds, then he'd be seeded to meet Lopez in the quarters, then probably Roddick. Heavy on the Americans, this draw.

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Actually, let's look at the seeds. Roddick, who wussed out on the Olympics. Verdasco, whom I presume got edged by the rest of the Spaniards - Nadal, Ferrer, Robredo, et al. Del Potro - why is he not at the Olympics? - then Lopez, who I presume is another Spanish reject. Then Safin, Fish, Moya and Haas. Oh, Carlos... he's finally taken a bit of a slide down the rankings. All the way to #41... which isn't that bad, I suppose. Still, this isn't the best field ever. Though to be fair, it's really not the worst either. I would have pegged a lot of these guys - especially the Spaniards - as Olympic contenders. But when you come from a country with a deep pool, like Spain, I suppose there always have to be sacrifices.

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Though if we're looking at it that way, where are the French guys? We have Serra, Grosjean and Gicquel in the draw, but you'd think there'd be more... though I suppose that with Tsonga out and Gasquet whimpering under the bed, they don't have their top TOP guys at the Olympics, so someone has to pick up the slack.

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And there are no women's tournaments at all, so I can't revert to my old standby there... so we're going to be following LA this week. But I can't promise we'll follow it with much passion. Except for Safin matches. Because, mmm, Safin.

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Today's Results

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Countrywide Classic (Los Angeles)

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Denis Gremelmayr def. Fabio Fognini, 6-4 6-2

Florent Serra def. Andrey Golubev, 6-4 6-1

Marc Gicquel def. Zack Fleishman, 6-3 6-0

Kolya Learns His Lesson

Well, well, well. First David Headbandian, and now Nikolay Davydenko. Two of the top eight gone in the first two rounds.
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I don't know what Headbandian's excuse is (apart from letting LameDave show up) but I can make a fair guess at what Kolya's is. Feeling sorry you played Warsaw now, aren't you?
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Honestly, it's insane. Really, wouldn't it almost be better to play no warm up tournament at all than to play one on clay - even if, like Kolya, you add another trophy to your cabinet? Well, I hope that Warsaw trophy is nice and shiny for you now, Kolya, 'cause you ain't getting nowhere on grass till next year.
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That said, it wasn't all Kolya playing badly - or simply the curse of Court 2, graveyard of champions. His opponent, Benjamin Becker (most famous for ending Andre Agassi's career at the US Open and for being no relation to Boris) played very well. Becker-no-relation is actually a pretty promising player, though he might have limited time left in which to actualise his potential... he's been around for at least a few years, I think, though I could be wrong. But it was a very good win for him. Kolya is notorious for his consistency, and to overcome him in straights is a pretty good effort!
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That also opens that side of the draw up considerably. The Davydenko quarter is traditionally the quarter where you get the random semi-finalist (tm) - your Tsonga or your Monfils. I had, I admit, picked Kolya to reach the semis... on the recommendation of Rafa Nadal, who said in a presser he thought Davydenko was one of the favourites for Wimbledon. Thanks, Rafa. So now I'm revising my prediction for this quarter to Andy Roddick, on the proviso that his shoulder doesn't, I don't know, explode or something. Conventional, I know, but I don't think you can ever underestimate A-Rod on grass. Failing him, in the event of shoulder explosion or similar, I'm going to pick... hmmm... Mathieu. Tursunov is a possibility. The unseeded player that could make a splash is Cilic. But really, Roddick aside, this is not the strongest quarter of a draw I have ever seen.
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Speaking of that Kolya-overestimater Rafa - which I did do early in that last paragraph, before I got distracted - he had a win over Andreas Beck. Not his best win ever, but that's pretty normal for Rafa in the early stages of Wimbledon, as in the infamous Kendrick Incident. He got the job done, which is pretty much all that matters. Beck played well - I thought he was going to fall off in the second and then in the third set, but he didn't, to his credit. And what an occasion for a first ever Grand Slam match! Centre Court at Wimbleon... not bad, eh?
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I watched the match on TV here in Australia, and there appeared to me to be this thing wherein the commentators were on crack. I mean, I like Rafa and all, but since when is he the favourite for Wimbledon? Since when? I know he's playing well on grass and all, but hey! so is Federer. And, oh look! sixty straight grasscourt wins! Would that be... Federer? And... who was it that won the last five Wimbledons? Um... some guy called Roger Federer.
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I understand that Federer lost to Nadal badly at the French. Trust me, I appreciate. But he's over it. You can tell. So why isn't everyone else? He said himself that it is much easier to forget a loss like that than the loss at Rome in 2006 where he had match points. And we're in a totally different ball park now. Roland Garros and Wimbledon are, in many ways, incomparable. Did people think Rafa was going to lose the French last year when Roger beat him in Hamburg? Not quite the same situation, I grant you, but it had little to no effect on the final outcome. The final of Roland Garros this year is not the great psychological thing that everyone seems to think it is. If anything, it'll give Federer motivation to make the media eat their words... though he said he's been staying away from the press, which seems smart to me.
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Back to those dope-smoking commentators, who apparently also believe Rafa's forehand is better than Roger's. Um, yes, I agree that Rafa's forehand is very very good - it's wicked, with that hooking lefty spin, but is anyone forgetting that the Federer forehand IS THE MOST FEARED SHOT IN THE GAME? I was enraged. When the Federer forehand is firing, it's unstoppable.
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That's enough of a rant for now. I might say something nice about Rafa, since I do like him a lot, even if he is not Roger. He wasn't really timing his groundstrokes that well today - which will, I think, come with a bit more practice on these courts - but when he get that wicked kick serve? The one that hits the corner and skids away almost horizontally? Because that is a SWEET shot.
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It was nice to see a few of those French boys do well, too - in particular, Spaz Grosjean and Richard Gasquet. It was a much better performance from Richou today - really collected. And I always like to see Spaz do well, as he is the special favourite of my friend Erin. I had hoped for a bit more from the Murray/Santoro match, but, hey, these things happen. I'm not a Murray fan, but I suppose it's nice for the British to see one of their own doing well.
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And, finally, go Ernests Gulbis! A great win over John 'I-am-the-same-height-as-the-Empire-State-Building' Isner. He's up against Rafa in the next round, and if Rafa doesn't mind his p's and q's, this one could have quite a few sets in it.
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Wimbledon Results - Day #2

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Men's Draw

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Rafael Nadal def. Andreas Beck, 6-4 6-4 7-6 (7-0)

Andy Murray def. Fabrice Santoro, 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-5)

Andy Roddick def. Eduardo Schwank, 7-5 6-4 7-6 (7-0)

Richard Gasquet def. Mardy Fish, 6-3 6-4 6-2

James Blake def. Christophe Rochus, 3-6 6-3 6-1 6-4

Benjamin Becker def. Nikolay Davydenko, 6-4 6-4 6-4

Chris Eaton def. Boris Pashanski, 6-3 7-6 (8-6) 6-4

Tommy Haas def. Guillermo Canas, 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-4

Marin Cilic def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, 6-4 6-4 7-6 (7-4)

Agustin Calleri def. Kevin Anderson, 4-6 7-5 7-5 6-1

Jesse Levine def. Donald Young, 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2

Radek Stepanek def. Jan Hernych, 6-3 7-5 6-0

Nicolas Almagro def. Marcel Granollers-Pujol, 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2

Jarkko Nieminen def. Wayne Odesnik, 6-3 retired

Gilles Simon def. Dawid Olejniczak, 6-3 6-4 6-2

Nicolas Kiefer def. Julien Benneteau, 6-1 7-5 6-3

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez def. Izak van der Merwe, 7-5 6-2 6-2

Martin Vassallo Arguello def. Ivo Minar, 6-4 2-6 2-6 6-2 6-2

Rainer Schuettler def. Santiago Ventura, 6-3 6-2 6-4

Jeremy Chardy def. Frederico Gil, 7-5 6-7 (1-7) 4-6 6-4 6-3

Arnaud Clement def. Jonas Bjorkman, 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 7-6 (7-4)

Jurgen Melzer def. Ivan Ljubicic, 6-4 7-6 (9-7) 4-6 2-6 6-3

Mikhail Youzhny def. Sergio Roitman, 6-1 6-4 6-0

Ernests Gulbis def. John Isner, 7-5 7-5 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (8-6)

Sebastien Grosjean def. Potito Starace, 6-2 7-5 6-1

Janko Tipsarevic def. Thierry Ascione, 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 6-2

Paul-Henri Mathieu def. Oscar Hernandez, 3-6 6-4 6-0 6-2

Dmitry Tursunov def. Nicolas Mahut, 604 6-7 (8-10) 7-6 (9-7) 3-6 7-5

Tommy Robredo def. Kristof Vliegen, 6-1 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-4

Xavier Malisse def. Denis Gremelmayr, 6-3 6-4 6-2

Viktor Troicki def. Nicolas Lapentti, 6-3 4-0 retired

Stefano Galvani def. Jamie Baker, 6-4 6-2 6-3

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Women's Draw

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Venus Williams def. Naomi Cavaday, 7-6 (7-5) 6-1

Maria Sharapova def. Stephanie Foretz, 6-1 6-4

Jelena Jankovic def. Olga Savchuk, 6-3 6-2

Lindsay Davenport def. Renata Voracova, 6-3 5-7 6-3

Anne Keothavong def. Vania King, 4-6 6-2 6-3

Francesca Schiavone def. Tamira Paszek, 6-3 5-7 10-8

Vera Zvonareva def. Aiko Nakamura, 6-1 6-7 (3-7) 6-1

Timea Bacsinszky def. Julie Ditty, 7-5 6-3

Alla Kudryavtseva def. Ekaterina Makarova, 6-1 6-4

Emilie Loit def. Lucie Safarova, 6-3 7-6 (7-4)

Aleksandra Wozniak def. Mariya Koryttseva, 7-5 6-4

Daniela Hantuchova def. Sara Errani, 7-6 (7-5) 6-4

Marina Erakovic def. Michaella Krajicek, 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (8-6)

Nadia Petrova def. Olga Govortsova, 6-4 6-4

Tamarine Tanasugarn def. Petra Cetkovska, 6-4 6-3

Sorana Cirstea def. Ekaterina Bychkova, 6-4 6-4

Carla Suarez Navarro def. Galina Voskoboeva, 6-2 6-4

Monica Niculescu def. Magdalena Rybarikova, 1-6 6-3 6-4

Gisela Dulko def. Aravane Rezai, 1-6 6-0 6-2

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez def. Martina Muller, 6-1 6-1

Dinara Safina def. Yung-Jan Chan, 7-6 (10-8) 6-2

Sania Mirza def. Catalina Castano, 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-4

Sybille Bammer def. Sofia Arvidsson, 4-6 4-1 retired

Ai Sugiyama def. Yanina Wickmayer, 6-4 6-2

Flavia Pennetta def. Julia Vakulenko, 6-3 6-4

Alisa Kleybanova def. Tzipora Obziler, 6-4 6-0

Hsieh Su-wei def. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, 6-3 6-2

Julia Goerges def. Katarina Srebotnik, 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 16-14

Shahar Peer def. Katie O'Brien, 6-3 7-5

Caroline Wozniacki def. Eva Hrdinova, 6-2 7-5

Victoria Azarenka def. Tsvetana Pironkova, 6-1 6-1

Mara Santangelo def. Maret Ani, 7-5 6-3

Shuai Peng def. Viktoriya Kutuzova, 6-3 6-4