After losses of another seeded trio on Day 3, Top 6 seeds are all out

A day after the No. 1, 2 and 5 seeds lost, the No. 3, 4 and 6 seeds followed the same fate on Tuesday at the Toray Pan Pacific Open, while Maria Sharapova continued her run after crushing her 12th seeded opponent in straight sets.

No. 3 seed Elena Dementieva faced Kateryna Bondarenko in the second round, and fell to the Ukrainian with a score of 62 67(3) 61.

No. 4 seed Caroline Wozniacki fell for a different reason, as the Dane suffered a viral illness being down 0-5 against Aleksandra Wozniak.

No. 6 seed Vera Zvonareva lost to Alisa Kleybanova in three sets, 36 64 62.

Kleybanova will next face Sharapova, who easily cruised past Samantha Stosur, 60 61.

"I just try to improve as each tournament goes, playing one match at a time and focusing on the task ahead," Sharapova said. "When you don't play well you have to learn to get better. It's the first time I've had to make adjustments to my game and relearn the things that usually came so automatically. I want to finish the season on a good note."

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Singles – Second Round

(Q) Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. (3) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 62 67(3) 61

Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. (4) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 50 ret. (viral illness)

Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. (6) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 36 64 62

(7) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 63 46 62

(8) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Zheng Jie (CHN) 61 61

Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (12) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 60 61

Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. (13) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 62 62

(14) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Aravane Rezai (FRA) 64 62

(15) Li Na (CHN) d. Vera Dushevina (RUS) 75 60

Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 61 76(6)

Iveta Benesova (CZE) d. Gisela Dulko (ARG) 63 36 64

Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 63 46 64