On Day 2 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Nadia Petrova and Aleksandra Wozniak both cruised through to the second round, while Marion Bartoli was forced to retire in her opening match. No. 1 seed Amelie Mauresmo was also one of the players who won their opening matches.
No. 2 seed Nadia Petrova breezed through to the next round after her win to countrywoman Galina Voskoboeva, 63 60. This is Petrova's 22nd match win this year.
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo faced Stephanie Cohen-Aloro in a match which lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes, and eventually it was the Frenchwoman who prevailed, winning 67(5) 76(6) 61.
"She served well and took her chances," Mauresmo said. "She gave me a lot of trouble. When nothing is working like you want it to and the other player is playing well, you have to just hang in there."Mauresmo will next face No. 65 ranked Yanina Wickmayer, who beat Russian Vasilisa Bardina, 75 36 63.
Aleksandra Wozniak, the champion in Stanford recently, beat Japanese Aiko Nakamura, 63 62, in just 1 minute under an hour.
"It went pretty quick," the 20-year-old Canadian said. "I knew she played fast, and I had to play smart and not let her come back."
The Canadian will next face Ukrainian Julia Vakulenko, who beat Monica Niculescu, 62 26 64.
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