All seeds advance on Day 3; including Cornet

As Day 3 of the Generali Ladies Linz tournament went by, one seed had an easy win in her first round match, and two other seeds advanced to the quarterfinals after their second round wins.

Flavia Pennetta, seeded seventh, was the only seed playing in the the last pile of of first round matches, as she cruised through in just 54 minutes after winning to Agnes Szavay, 61 62.

Unseeded players, who have yet to play their second round matches, were Sybille Bammer, who won to Francesca Schiavone, 75 63; and Petra Kvitova breezed through against Tamira Paszek, 63 63.

The second round matches saw No. 3 seed Agnieszka Radwanska win to Kaia Kanepi, 62 64, and No. 8 seed Alize Cornet moving past Maria Kirilenko in three sets, 16 62 61.


Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Singles - Second Round
(3) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Kaia Kanepi (EST) 62 64
(8) Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 16 62 61

Singles - First Round
(7) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Agnes Szavay (HUN) 61 62
Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 75 63
(Q) Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. (WC) Tamira Paszek (AUT) 63 63