Wild cards Jelena Dokic and Anastasia Pivovarova both won their first round matches today in Miami. Dockic defeated Edina Gallovits, and Pivovarova defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who is just returning to the tour.
Three qualifiers also won their first rounds. Tamira Paszek defeated Monica Niculescu, Anastasia Yakimova defeated Olga Govortsova, and Mariya Koryttseva claimed victory over Sorana Cirstea.
There were some close ones. Francesca Schiavone had to fight to overcome the always-dangerous Tsvetana Pironkova, and Magdalena Rybarikova had to battle Arantxa Rus. Perhaps most dramatic was Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova's saving of three match points against Aravane Rezai.
Sofia Arvidsson retired against Samantha Stosur. Arvidsson is suffering from a viral illness.
And the oddity of the day was the 6-4, 0-6, 6-4 scoreline that Maria Kirilenko posted against Kataryna Bondarenko.
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