Already some drama on the second day with Sam Stosur's upset in the first round! She really has a Mauresmo-complex, doesn't she? Playing on home soil really stresses her out, it seems. Her game against Cirstea was too tense and forced resulting in a (2)6-7, 3-6 loss.
Radwanska had a tough first round match against Bethanie Mattek-Sands as well. The American forced it to a three setter after winning a fierce tiebreak 7-6(10) in the first set. You can always count on her to give some spectacle! Radwanska set things straight 6-4, 6-2 after that.
Unfortunately Radwanska isn't gonna get the chance to clash against Wickmayer who lost from Voskoboeva 5-7, 2-6 ('Vosko who?' you'll probably say, she's the one who surprisingly defeated Maria Sharapova in the third round of the Rogers cup last year). If there are two complete outsiders I love: it's Voskoboeva and Pironkova (the Venus Williams killer at Wimbledon!). Funny they end up against each other in the second round which Voskoboeva won 6-4, 6-4.
That same Sharapova has been doing pretty well in the Australian Open. She downed Dulko 6-0, 6-1 in the first round. Same score but reversed for Kim Clijsters in the second round who defeated the French player Foretz Gacon. Go Kim!
It's remarkable how many good players needed three sets to overcome their relatively easy opponents in the early rounds. Still warming up I hope or we'll see some more upsets. They always pull through in the third set with 6-0 tough!
Other seeded players who got send home prematurely are: Flavia Pennetta, Lucie Safarova, Francesca Schiavone (no Franni!) and Shuai Peng.
Be sure to check out the Australian Open site: http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/index.html
They got great highlights of every day and night session and keep posted!
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