Qualifiers oust top seeds on Day 2 in Tokyo

Many top seeds in Tokyo, Japan were surprisingly ousted, as No. 1 seed Dinara Safina, No. 2 seed Venus Williams and No. 5 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova were all sent flying home after ugly losses.

Safina, who was the defending champion, didn't show anything impressive in her debut match against 18-year-old Chang Kai-Chen, as the Chinese won in three sets, 76(5) 46 75.

Williams fell to another teenager, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, in two tough sets, 76(6) 75.

Kuznetsova was dismissed by Andrea Petkovic in three sets, with a score of 75 46 63.

Maria Sharapova was able to stay out of the loser's list, as she survived a battle against Francesca Schiavone to win with a score of 46 75 61, despite being down 2-4 in the second set.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Singles – Second Round

(Q) Chang Kai-Chen (TPE) d. (1/WC) Dinara Safina (RUS) 76(5) 46 75

(Q) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. (2) Venus Williams (USA) 76(6) 75

(Q) Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. (5) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 75 46 63

Singles – First Round

(11) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 75 63

(12) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (Q) Alexa Glatch (USA) 75 60

(13) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. (WC) Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 60 21 ret. (GI illness)

(14) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 63 60

Iveta Benesova (CZE) d. (16) Virginie Razzano (FRA) 36 76(5) 60

Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. (Q) Jill Craybas (USA) 63 63

Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 46 75 61

Zheng Jie (CHN) d. (Q) Sania Mirza (IND) 57 62 63

Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. (WC) Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) 57 76(2) 64

Vera Dushevina (RUS) d. Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 16 75 61

Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. (Q) Urszula Radwanska (POL) 64 64

Peng Shuai (CHN) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 63 63

(Q) Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 63 61