As Day 2 of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, two seeds were in action, and debuted with victory, both in straight sets.
The first seed to advance was No. 8 Agnieszka Radwanska, who won her first round match to Sandra Zahlavova, 63 62. The Pole broke serve four times and saved 7 of 8 break points on the way to victory.
No. 6 seed Venus Williams was the second and last seed to reserve a spot in the second round, after her easy victory against wildcard Anna-Lena Groenefeld, 61 62. It was a similar result to the match they had three years ago, with the American winning, 62 62.
In matches between unseeded players, Marion Bartoli beat Dominika Cibulkova easily, 63 61; Victoria Azarenka edged Agnes Szavay, 75 63; Nadia Petrova crushed qualifier Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, 62 62; and qualifiers Kateryna Bondarenko and Tsvetana Pironkova also made it through with wins over Top 20 players Flavia Pennetta of Italy and Alizé Cornet of France, respectively.
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