Unlike the bottom half of the draw, which saw only one seed exit, the top half saw 5 seeds leave; some very surprising ones too!
(Rank/Seed)
1/1 Defending champion Azarenka came back from a second set wobble, trailing 0-3 15-40 to beat Niculescu 61 64.
3/3 Serena, tournament favourite, aced Gallovits-Hall 60 60, despite rolling her ankle up 4-0 in the 1st. Serena claimed only a fatal injury would stop her competing on Thursday!
The 1st big upset came when former quarter finalist Suarez Navarro beat last years quarter finalist (7/7) Errani 64 64 in a battle of the spin. This was her earliest slam exit since the 2011 US Open.
8/8 Kvitova edged past Schiavone 64 26 62, despite hitting over 40 unforced errors.
10/10 Wozniacki pulled off a brilliant comeback to edge Lisicki 26 63 63, from 0-3 down in the 3rd! Lisicki fell apart, hitting 57 errors in the match but Wozniacki's defied my prediction and now has a serious chance to go deep in her section of the draw thanks to other upsets.
(15/14) Kirilenko, (16/16) Vinci, (17/17) Safarova and (20/21) Lepchenko all advanced in straight sets, whilst (12/12) Petrova was bundled out 62 60 at the hands of veteran Date Krumm. Kimiko became the oldest ever winner of a main draw match here at 42 years old, whilst Petrova still seems to be struggling with some unexplained injury. A further notable result is the remarkable loss of Pavlyuchenkova, who played so well two weeks ago, beating Kvitova and Kerber in Brisbane to reach the final. She lost to the woman she beat in the semi finals there, qualifier Lesia Tsurenko 75 36 75! Other seeds losing were Yaroslava Shvedova and Urszula Radwanska, whilst Kuznetsova won in straight sets.
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