The second round took three days to complete in total due to rain and the first major upsets of the event occurred.
(Rank/Seed)
5/5 Errani had the easiest win, beating Putintseva 61 61 and (1/1) Serena was overwhelming against wild card Garcia, winning a 26th straight match 61 62. (8/8) Kerber had a tidy 62 62 win over Cepelova and (4/4) Radwanska wasted little time in beating Burdette 63 62. (2/2) Sharapova had to battle over two days to beat Burdette 62 64, whilst (3/3) Azarenka had her hands full against Beck, letting a 5-0 first set lead become 5-4 until she won the set en route to a 64 63 win. (7/7) Kvitova and (9/9) Stosur also won 64 63 against Brussels finalist Peng and Mladenovic respectively.
However, (6/6) Li was stunned by Mattek Sands 57 63 62 in a repeatedly rain interrupted match. Li was always struggling, letting a 4-0 first set lead slip to 4-4 before edging the set out. From there on in though, Mattek's aggressive game took hold as she took charge of the middle of the court. It's Li's earliest ever exit from the French Open, the event she won in 2011. It isn't surprising though considering Li's poor clay court season, even though she recently beat Bethanie in Stuttgart.
(10/10) Wozniacki's nightmare continued against nemesis Jovanovski as she was bundled out 76(2) 63 in a repeat loss from Rome just over two weeks ago! Having led 6-5 30-0 against the Serb's serve, Caroline collapsed and soon lost the tiebreak and fell 0-3 down in the second. Her game seems to have completely dismantled lately as her much lower ranked opponents are now beating her with alarming regularity. It's the Dane's earliest loss since 2007 here.
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