14th seed Marion Bartoli won her first set against wild card Kim Clijsters today at the U.S. Open, but after that, it was all Clijsters, who upset Bartoli 5-7, 6-1, 6-2.
Given Clijsters' stature, the more surprising upset was the defeat of 15th seed Samantha Stosur by the unseeded Vania King. Stosur has had an excellent hard court season, but King--who had considerably more going for her on her second serve--took the match 7-5, 6-4.
12th seed Agnieszka Radwanska, whose injured hand was heavily wrapped, had to contend with a very in-form Maria Kirilenko. Kirilenko made more unforced errors than Radwanska, but she hit more than twice as many winners. This was the best Kirilenko has played in a long time; she served well, volleyed well, hit the ball hard, and impressed at almost every turn, winning 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
Aleksandra Wozniak upset 17th seed Amelie Mauresmo 6-4, 6-0, and Kirsten Flipkens upset 20th seed Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-1, 6-3.
Bagels are very popular in New York, and 10th seed Flavia Pennetta delivered a pair to Sania Mirza. Vera Zvonareva won an all-Russian match against Anna Chakvetadze, Jill Craybas played a great first set against Elena Vesnina (Vesnina won the match), and Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka cruised through, and Venus Williams--despite her injury--looked sharp in her victory over Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
No one, however, put on a display of tennis to match that of Li Na, who stunned Michelle Larcher De Brito, 6-1, 6-3, with a virtual tennis clinic.
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