Linz, Osaka: Cirstea Out, Wozniacki and Pennetta Through

Sad news from Linz, where Sorana Cirstea lost 63 63 to qualifier Julia Goerges. Reportedly she was struggling with her serve, but that’s really not the point, because nobody should lose to Julia Goerges. The other seeds came through with no problems, including Safarova, Benesova and Pennetta, who rolled over Megan Shaughnessy 61 61.

Still chasing that Doha spot …

The seeds are doing well in Osaka too, with Wozniacki, Bartoli, Wozniak and Stosur all through to the second round. Oh, and Jill Craybas beat Kimiko Date-Krumm 64 in the third in the battle of the oldies.

Still doesn’t look good.

Linz

Singles – First Round
(1) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 61 61
(5) Iveta Benesova (CZE) d. (Q) Stephanie Gehrlein (GER) 75 60
(Q) Julia Goerges (GER) d. (6) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 63 63
(7) Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. (WC) Patricia Mayr (AUT) 62 61
(8) Sara Errani (ITA) d. Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 62 63
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 75 61
Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. (Q) Petra Martic (CRO) 62 67(7) 62
Tatjana Malek (GER) d. (Q) Aravane Rezai (FRA) 75 75

Doubles – First Round
(2) Jans/Rosolska (POL/POL) d. Kondratieva/U.Radwanska (RUS/POL) 62 61
(3) Hlavackova/Hradecka (CZE/CZE) d. Manasieva/Niculescu (RUS/ROU) 63 75
(4) Borwell/Kops-Jones (GBR/USA) d. Malek/Petkovic (GER/GER) 36 64 101
Errani/Olaru (ITA/ROU) d. (WC) Klaffner/Klaschka (AUT/GER) 61 63

Osaka

Singles – First Round
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 64 61
(2) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 63 75
(3) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (LL) Alexandra Panova (RUS) 62 64
(6) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. (Q) Sophie Ferguson (AUS) 61 75
Vania King (USA) d. Julie Coin (FRA) 26 63 64
Jill Craybas (USA) d. (WC) Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) 62 26 64
Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) d. Carly Gullickson (USA) 61 61
Akiko Morigami (JPN) d. (Q) Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 64 46 62
(Q) Chang Kai-Chen (TPE) d. Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 75 61
(WC) Kurumi Nara (JPN) d. (Q) Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 76(5) 46 62

Doubles – First Round
(3) Senoglu/Shvedova (TUR/KAZ) d. Chan/Hwang (TPE/TPE) 61 64
Scheepers/Spears (RSA/USA) d. Gullickson/Kriz (USA/AUS) 46 61 107
Czink/Grandin (HUN/RSA) d. Tezuka/Yonemura (JPN/JPN) 64 62
Coin/Johansson (FRA/FRA) d. Chen/Fujiwara (TPE/JPN) 61 61