No. 2 seed stunned on Day 3 in Rome

There was a big upset on Day 3 at the Italian Open, as No. 2 seed Serena Williams was ousted in three sets by Swiss 30-year-old Patty Schnyder, on a day when rain stopped play for four hours.

Williams was struggling a lot in the first set, but managed to win the second set with an easy score. In the third set, it seemed like the American completely ran out of gas, losing the match with a score of 62 26 61 to Schnyder.

Top seed Dinara Safina won her match to Virginie Razzano, 76(1) 61, which also included a hard fall.

No. 3 seed Jelena Jankovic was one of the players who was affected by the rain delay, while playing her match against Gisela Dulko. The Serb eventually won the match, 63 76(6).

No. 7 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, who won last week's tournament in Stuttgart, easily won her match against Daniela Hantuchova with a score of 63 63.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Singles - Second Round

(1) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Virginie Razzano (FRA) 76(1) 61

Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. (2) Serena Williams (USA) 62 26 61

(3) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Gisela Dulko (ARG) 63 76(6)

(5) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 63 64

(7) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 63 63

(8) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 62 36 63

(9) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 61 75

(10) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (Q) Aravane Rezai (FRA) 46 62 76

(7)María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) d. (11) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 61 75

(12) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (Q) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 63 67(5) 61

Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. (13) Alizé Cornet (FRA) 64 61

(14) Zheng Jie (CHN) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 62 67(3) 62

(16) Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. Sybille Bammer (AUT) 75 63

Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 57 76(2) 63