Top three seeds and No. 7 seed advance; No. 5, 6 and 8 seeds ousted on Day 3 in Bastad

The top three seeds advanced to the quarterfinals along with the No. 7 seed, while the No. 5, 6 and 8 seeds were all ousted, two of them in straight sets and one in three sets.

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki didn't have any trouble against Petra Kvitova, winning 64 62.

No. 2 seed Dominika Cibulkova had an even easier time, against Nurai Llagostera Vives, and won 61 61.

No. 3 seed Flavia Pennetta had a similar score, beating Masa Zec Peskiric, 61 62.

No. 5 seed Sorana Cirstea was the highest seed that was ousted, as the Romanian fell to Gisela Dulko 63 46 76(5).

"I'm very satisfied with the way I was playing in the tie-break," Dulko said. "My leg hurt a bit but hopefully I'll be fit tomorrow."

No. 6 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was demolished by compatriot Maria Kirilenko, 62 63.

No. 7 seed Carla Suarez Navarro was luckier, as she cruised through after beating wildcard Ellen Allgurin 61 64.

No. 8 seed Iveta Benesova suffered the same fate as the No. 5 and 6 seeds, as she lost to Alla Kudryavtseva, 62 64.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Singles - Second Round

(1) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 64 62

(2) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) 61 61

(3) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Masa Zec Peskiric (SLO) 61 62

Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. (5) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 63 46 76(5)

Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. (6) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 62 63

(7) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. (WC) Ellen Allgurin (SWE) 61 64

Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) d. (8) Iveta Benesova (CZE) 62 64

María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) d. Angelique Kerber (GER) 63 62