Neither finalist had reached a grass court final before. That certainly didn't show today, with Agnieszka Radwanska prevailing over her more experienced opponent Nadia Petrova in a thrilling three setter, 64 67(11) 64. In the second set, Radwanska held for 3 match points, but Petrova's serve and volley technique made her get into a third set. In the third set, each player held their serve until 4-4 when Radwanska broke Petrova's serve and held her own to win the championship.
Only one of the tournament's Top 3 seeds, No.2 Marion Bartoli, reached their projected semifinal berths (Bartoli fell to Radwanska). Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova and No.3 seed Vera Zvonareva were both surprised in their opening matches, Kuznetsova to Caroline Wozniacki and Zvonareva to Ekaterina Makarova. Petrova emerged from Zvonareva's quarter, beating Makarova; Samantha Stosur emerged from Kuznetsova's quarter, beating Wozniacki.
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