All of the top ten players made it through their first round matches.
(Rank/Seed)
Most of them won their matches comfortably; (1/1) Williams beat Tatishvilli 60 61 for a 25th successive victory, (4/4) Radwanska beat Peer 61 61, (9/9) Stosur beat Date Krumm 60 62, (2/2) Sharapova beat Hsieh 62 61, (5/5) Errani beat Rus 61 62, (10/10) Wozniacki beat Robson 62 62 and (3/3) Azarenka beat Vesnina 61 64.
Others had a slightly closer battle; (6/6) Li edged Medina Garrigues 63 64 and (8/8) Kerber saved three set points in the first set to beat Barthel 76(6) 62.
Only (7/7) Kvitova was tested, once again being pushed to three sets on clay before winning 63 46 62 against former top 20 player Rezai.
I also have to mention a fantastic 1st round match between Venus Williams and Urszula Radwanska, which the Pole won 76(5) 67(4) 64 in 3 hours 19 minutes! It was a brilliant scrap which saw many engaging rallies but most of all fantastic fight from both players. Venus, 32 years of age and a noted sufferer of Sjogren's Syndrome battled from 0-4 down in the second set tiebreak to win seven straight points and even reduced a 1-5 deficit in the third before running out of puff! Though its' only a second 1st round loss for Venus at this event ever, she deserves a huge pat on the back for effort!
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