On Tuesday, the seeds went 1-1, with No. 7 seed Nicole Vaidisova falling, but No. 8 seed Nadia Petrova advancing by winning a three-setter.
Vaidisova was ousted by Russian Olga Govortsova in straight sets, 64 62. Before advancing all the way to the quarterfinals in Birmingham, Vaidisova had a six-match losing streak, and has now lost eight out of her last ten matches.
Other first round match winners were Sybille Bammer, Virginie Razzano, Caroline Wozniacki, and qualifiers Alisa Kleybanova and Ekaterina Makarova.
Petrova, seeded No.8 at the Tier II event, became the first player to reach the quarterfinals, beating newly-returned Li Na of China in a tight three-setter, 62 67(5) 63. Petrova actually had a chance to serve out the match at 62 54 and even led 3-0 in the tie-break before Li rallied to take the second set; but the Russian regrouped to take the third set and improve to 5-0 lifetime against the Chinese, who hadn't played since mid-February and has fallen to No.2 in the Chinese rankings, after Yan Zi (ranked No.48, compared to Yan's No.43).
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