No. 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova was one of the victorious Russians on Day 2, as she ousted Li Na in tough straight sets, 64 75.
"I'm happy to have won in two sets; it was a very difficult first round match," Kuznetsova said. "It's great here. It's a great opportunity to play in front of my fans. Tennis has become so popular in Russia, especially over the last five or 10 years, so it's very exciting for us to play here in front of our home crowd."
No. 7 seed Vera Zvonareva also had success in her first round match, taking out countrywoman Maria Kirilenko, 64 64.
The night match featured American Venus Williams and Italian Flavia Pennetta. Pennetta took the first set, lost the second set easily, and in the third set she battled through to win, 64 26 64.
"Today's match was very tough," Pennetta declared. "Venus is always a tough opponent but my serve was working very well and I was playing my best tennis. At this moment, I just want to enjoy the win from today."
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Singles - First Round
(5) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Li Na (CHN) 64 75
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (6) Venus Williams (USA) 64 26 64
(7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 64 64
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. (Q) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 63 62
(Q) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) d. Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 62 61
(Q) Sara Errani (ITA) d. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 16 64 63
(WC) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. (WC) Elena Vesnina (RUS) 76(4) 76(1)
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