Seeds upset in first round in both Slovenia and Bad Gastein

Top seed and defending champion Andrea Petkovic won her first round in Bad Gastein today, defeating Iveta Benesova 6-4, 6-0, but 3rd seed Anabel Medina Garrigues, 4th seed Klara Zakopalova, 5th seed Sybille Bammer, and 6th seed Barbora Zahlavova Strycova were all upset.

Yesterday, in Bad Gastein, Mariya Koryttseva saved eight match points and defeated Tatjana Malek in a match that lasted almost three hours.

In Slovenia, hometown star Katarina Srebotnik got off to a good start by defeating Petra Martic 6-3, 6-1. Top seed Jelena Jankovic defeated countrywoman Bojana Jovanovski, but 2nd seed Petra Kvitova was upset by Stepanie Voegele. Also upset in the first round were 5th seed Dominika Cibulkova and 8th seed Sophia Arvidssson. Cibulkova lost in straight sets to Ksenia Pervak.

In first round play yesterday, Virginie Razzano made her post-injury return by defeating Zuzana Kucova.

Suarez Navarro upset in Bad Gastein

Carla Suarez Navarro, seeded 5th at the Gastain Ladies, was upset in the first round today by Tatjana Malek, who defeated her 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Marta Domachowska made another first round exit. She was defeated 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 by Iona Raluca Olaru.

Malek diagnosed with pulmonary embolism

During the Pacific Life Open, Tatjana Malek had a muscle pain in her calf that she thought was a routine injury. However, when the began to radiate, she went to the hospital and discovered that what she had was a dangerous blood vessel blockage that could have ultimately caused cardiac arrest.

Malek was in the hospital for a week, and will be off the tour for three months. The German player is currently ranked number 99 in the world.