Flipkens ends Lalami's run in Fes

Nadia Lalami, who upset top seed Aravane Rezai in Fes, went out today in the quarterfinals. She was defeated 6-0, 6-1 by Kirsten Flipkens.

4th seed Greta Arn went out in straight sets to 7th seed Simona Halep, and Alberta Brianti defeated Melanie Oudin 7-5, 5-7, 6-0. Dinara Safina and Anastasia Pivovarvova had to endure rain delays in Fes. Safina emerged the winner when she defeated Pivovarova 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

This time, it's Schnyder

In the third round of the U.S. Open, Yanina Wickmayer defeated Patty Schnyder 7-6, 3-6, 7-6 in an all-out thriller. Today in the first round in Luxembourg, Schnyder beat 3rd-seeded Wickmayer 6-4, 6-4.

The third seed wasn't the only one to make an exit. In the second round, 2nd seed Aravane Rezai was run over 6-0, 6-1 by Kirsten Flipkens, and Iveta Benesova defeated 7th seed Jarmila Groth 6-4, 7-5.

In Moscow, doubles 2nd seeds (and ad hoc team) Elena Vesnina and Liezel Huber were defeated 6-7, 6-4, 12-10 by Olga Govortsova and Alla Kudryavtseva. In singles, all the seeds who played today--Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Alisa Kleybanova and Victoria Azarenka--advanced to the third round. Also, Dominika Cibulkova defeated Tsvetana Pironkova.

Flipkens and Errani produce Hobart upsets

Qualifier Kirsten Flipkens defeated Hobart 6th seed Aleksandra Wozniak today, 7-5, 6-2 in the second round of the Moorilla Hobart International. Also going out was 3rd seed Kateryna Bondarenko, who lost a very close match to Sara Errani. Bondarenko was a step behind for much of the match, yet she continually caught up. In the end, though, Errani was able to post a 7-6 (8), 6-4 score.

Also advancing in the second round were 5th seed Carla Suarez Navarro (def. wild card Alicia Molik) and 2nd seed Shahar Peer (def. Jelena Dokic).

In doubles quarterfinals, Errani and partner Roberta Vinci upset 2nd seeds Sania Mirza and Virginia Ruano Pascual, 6-3, 7-5.

Kvitova upset in Hobart qualifying

Petra Kivitova, the top qualifying seed in Hobart, was upset in the third qualifying round by 6th seed Kirsten Flipkens. Flipkens--a player whom I wish we saw more often--was obviously sharing some of this weekend's Belgian mojo.