The biggest seeds were in action in the 1st Premier 5 level hard court tournament since Wimbledon having received 1st round byes.
(Rank/Seed)
1/1 Former 2 time champion Williams was a little sluggish initially in her summer hard court debut, falling a break behind as she adapted to Schiavone. She still won 63 62.
4/3 Radwanska managed the windy conditions and Wickmayer 62 63.
5/4 Last year's finalist Li made a strong hard court debut, beating Pavlyuchenkova 61 64.
6/5 Errani survived a late surge from big hitter Zakopalova as the Czech saved match points to stay in the match with Errani serving at 5-4. Still, the Italian won 62 76(2).
7/6 Kvitova, the defending champion spoilt home hopes in beating promising 19 year old Bouchard 63 62 in the night match.
8/7 (w/c) Bartoli played her 1st match since winning Wimbledon having nursed a hamstring injury. Though she was erratic naturally, she still crushed qualifier Davis 60 63 who had amazingly twice beaten Kuznetsova in the same event; in the last round of qualifying and the main draw when Kuznetsova was a lucky loser!
9/8 Kerber continues to lose left, right and centre these days as in form Cibulkova took her out for the fourth time in as many meetings 67(0) 62 75. The Slovak's added aggression saw her recover from 1-4 down in the 3rd as Kerber became increasingly defensive.
10/9 Wozniacki, a former champion here, looks destined to bid farewell to the top 10 with a disastrous 57 76(0) 64 loss to in form Cirstea. Just as has happened so often lately, Wozniacki lost a match she should have won, holding 2 match points up 6-5 in the 2nd set. However, the ever dangerous Cirstea caught fire to win the next 15 consecutive points. Wozniacki held break point again in the 9th game of the 3rd set but failed to convert and now has reached only 1 quarter final or better in her last 7 tournaments!
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