Safina continues to defeat; Wozniacki and Petrova ousted

On Thursday at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, some seeds went crashing out, while the top seed advanced in easy straight sets along with the No. 2 seed.

Two seeds were sent home, and those seeds were No. 6 seed Nadia Petrova and No. 7 seed Caroline Wozniacki. Petrova fell to unseeded Flavia Pennetta, 62 62; while Wozniacki was ousted by Marion Bartoli, 76(6) 64.

No. 1 seed Dinara Safina went through after winning her match to Daniela Hantuchova, 64 62 while compatriot and No. 2 Elena Dementieva also advanced, winning to Agnes Szavay with a score of 76(4) 61.

No. 3 seed Jelena Jankovic won her match in three tough sets against wildcard Sabine Lisicki, 75 57 63.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Singles - Second Round

(1) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 64 62

(2) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Agnes Szavay (HUN) 76(4) 61

(3) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (WC) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 75 57 63

(5) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Li Na (CHN) 46 64 75

Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (6) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 62 62

Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (7) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 76(6) 64

(8) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (Q) Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 63 63