Top seeds out in both Birmingham and Barcelona

Earlier in the week, top seed Shahar Peer was defeated in the first round of the Torneo Barcelona KIA. Peer lost to Nuria Llagostera Vives, 7-5, 6-2.

Today, top seed Marion Bartoli was taken out of the DFS Classic in the second round by Petra Cetkovska, 5-7, 6-4, 6-0. The DFS classic a major warm-up tournament for Wimbledon, whose 2007 finalist was Bartoli.