No. 12 seed Bartoli ousted in straight sets; top seeds move through

All of the matches on Day 3 of the Sony Ericsson Open featured seeds, and only 3 out of 16 seeds were ousted, including No. 12 Marion Bartoli, who lost in straight sets.

No. 2 seed Dinara Safina showed that she was no match for Mathilde Johansson, winning 61 63.

No. 4 seed Elena Dementieva had a tough win over wildcard Anastasia Pivovarova, as she took it to three sets, winning with a score of 60 36 63.

No. 7 seed Ana Ivanovic easily went through after ousting Mariya Koryttseva, 60 63.

No. 8 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova had to fight hard to win to qualifier Tamira Paszek, 26 75 61.

Last week's semifinalist and breakthrough player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova had a tougher draw in Miami, and was ousted by Victoria Azarenka, who also lost in the semis at Indian Wells, 62 62.

Bartoli was humiliated by qualifier Anastasiya Yakimova, as the Bulgarian won 63 64.

Friday, March 27, 2009

Singles - Second Round

(2) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 61 63
(4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. (WC) Anastasia Pivovarova (RUS) 60 36 63

(7) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (Q) Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) 60 63

(8) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. (Q) Tamira Paszek (AUT) 26 75 61

(11) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 62 62

(Q) Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) d. (12) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 64 63

(13) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (WC) Jelena Dokic (AUS) 63 57 62

(15) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 64 75

(18) Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 46 61 64

(20) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 63 16 62

(22) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 63 61

(24) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 62 64

(25) Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 26 64 62

Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (27) Sybille Bammer (AUT) 61 61

Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) d. (28) Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 61 60

(31) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) 36 64 76(3)