Upsets in Moscow and Luxembourg

5th seed Jelena Jankovic was knocked out of the first round of Kremlin Cup play today by Ekaterina Ivanova, who defeated the Linz semifinalist 6-4, 1-6, 6-4.

Meanwhile, in Luxembourg, 2nd seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was defeated  by 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 by Rebecca Marino, and 8th seed Daniela Hantuchova lost to lucky loser Lucie Hradecka. Hradecka was seeded number 1 in the qualifying draw, but was defeated by Anne Keothavong in the final round of qualifying. She became the lucky loser when Sabine Lisicki withdrew because of illness.