We've been getting some surprises already in the first two rounds at the China Open!
First up: the number one Azarenka seems totally recovered from her dizzy spells of last week at the Toray Pan Pacific Open. She cruised past Cornet: 6-1, 6-0 and beat Lisicki in the second round: 6-4, 6-2.
First seeded victim of the tournament was Errani. The Italian was forced to withdraw with a thigh injury against fellow country woman Giorgi after trailing 5-4 in the first set. Giorgi herself was outplayed in the next round: 5-7, 2-6 against Oprandi who will face Ivanovic in the third round. The Serbian made a solid effort against McHale: 6-3, 6-2 and needed three sets to get past Lepchenko: 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.
More upsets in the second round though! Kvitova fell to Spanish Suarez Navarro: 6-3, 6-2. The Czech lacks the determination in the last few weeks of the season and is bothered by a stomach virus. At least she's pretty sure she will qualify for the championships in Istanbul, hopefully we'll see her A-game there!
Suarez Navarro will take on Jankovic in the third round after the Serbian won against her doubles partner Petkovic in the first round (how sucky is that draw?!): 6-2, 6-4 and defeated Niculescu next: 6-2, 6-1. Jankovic seems on fire!
The Jankovic - Petkovic tandem reached the second round in the doubles before losing a very close match to the number two seeds Kirilenko - Petrova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-10.
It's really the tournament of the subtoppers because Goerges managed to knock Stosur out in the second round: 7-6, 4-6, 7-5. The German faces Bartoli next and maybe another upset is in the making!
Our loved subtopper Petrova on the other hand ran out of gas against Na Li in the second round: 6-1, 6-2. She's forgiving, winning in Tokyo probably took a lot of energy!
Third round matches to look forward to: Bartoli vs. Goerges and Kerber vs. Wozniacki.
Keep posted!
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