Defending champ Venus easily through, along with Safina, Kuznetsova, Ivanovic on Day 4 in London

Day 4 at the Wimbledon Championships didn't see much surprising results for the top seeds, as Venus Williams and Dinara Safina both breezed through to the third round, along with Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, and former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic.

No. 3 seed Williams wasn't challenged by opponent Kateryna Bondarenko, as the American crushed the Ukrainian with a score of 63 62.

"She put a lot of balls back in play so we had some longer rallies," Williams said of her match against the Ukrainian. "I always felt like I needed to be the aggressive one and really take control of the points. That's really how I want to play throughout The Championships. It was a good match for me today."

Safina also had a similar score after winning to Rossana de los Rios, the score being 63 75.

No. 5 seed Kuznetsova crushed Pauline Parmentier in easy straight sets, 63 61; while Ivanovic cruised after defeating Sara Errani, 75 61.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Singles - Second Round

(1) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Rossana de los Ríos (PAR) 63 75

(3) Venus Williams (USA) d. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 63 62

(5) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 61 63

(6) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 62 64

(9) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 60 64

(11) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 62 67(6) 97

(13) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 75 61

(15) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Vania King (USA) 62 62

(17) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) d. (LL) Kristina Kucova (SVK) 63 63

(18) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (Q) Tatjana Malek (GER) 46 76(6) 64

(19) Li Na (CHN) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 64 62
(20) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 76(5) 63

Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 75 46 61

Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. Patricia Mayr (AUT) 62 64

Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d. (WC) Elena Baltacha (GBR) 75 61

(Q) Melanie Oudin (USA) d. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 36 62 64