Monday, June 18, 2012

Top seed Stosur upset in first round at UNICEF Open

Sam Stosur, the number 1 seed at the UNICEF Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, was upset today in the opening round by Kirsten Flipkens. Flipkens defeated Stosur 7-6, 6-3. 2nd seed Sara Errani also went out, to Kateryna Bondarenko. And Francesca Schiavone defeated 5th seed Maria Kirilenko. Schiavone was down 3-5 in the third set, and had to save a match point.

In Eastbourne, the doubles team of Laura Robson and Heather Watson defeated Charleston champions Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Safarova in the first round of play.

3 comments:

Todd.Spiker said...

Hmmm... The Pironkova is stronger than The Radwanska. At least on grass.

Diane said...

The plot thickens!

Todd.Spiker said...

Meanwhile, Sister of The Radwanska is getting hot.

I smell a really good monster movie in the making. Look out Tokyo!!