On a scorching hot day in Sydney, the seeds were largely successful in the 2nd round, bar another notable loss on the part of Caroline Wozniacki.
(Rank/Seed)
4/1 Radwanska backed up her Auckland title nicely with a 64 63 win over veteran Date Krumm, despite 10 breaks of serve in the match!
5/2 Kerber overcame qualifier Voskoboeva 62 75, coming from 2-5 and 3 set points at 4-5 down.
7/3 Errani crushed (14/-) Kirilenko 61 61, continuing her strong start to 2013.
6/4 Li, like Radwanska, backed up a title win last week, complained of 40 degree heat and beat a Japanese player, Morita 61 60! So much for complaining!
Qualifier Kuznetsova, ranked 85 in the world, pulled off a somewhat unsurprising upset of (10/7) Wozniacki 76(4) 16 62. As she herself expressed, many times in the past she has been on the verge of beating the Dane with her power game but has faltered. Now, feeling fresh and without pressure after six months off due to a knee injury, she's just happy to be playing. However, like Kvitova and Stosur, Wozniacki's Australian Open hopes look bleak after another early exit in Sydney.
Elsewhere, (15/-) Cibulkova survived a 3-5 third set deficit to overcome (19/-) Makarova 76 (3) 16 76(1) and (16/-) Vinci came from 26 03 and 2-4 down in the 3rd to escape former number one Jankovic 36 64 76(4)!
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