Marion Bartoli failed to live up to her top seeding Monday at the WTA claycourt stop in Prague where the Frenchwoman lost to unheralded Estonian
Kaia Kanepi 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2.
The other two seeds in action both advanced in (3)
Shahar Peer (d. (WC) Frankova) and (8)
Alona Bondarenko (d. Sucha).
Unseeded winners into the second round Monday were Frenchwoman
Stephanie Foretz (d. Gagliardi), Czech
Zuzana Ondraskova (d. Diaz-Oliva from a set down), and American
Meghann Shaughnessy (d. Kutuzova).
The final round of the qualifying was also completed with four more into the main draw in
Michaela Pastikova (CZE),
Natalie Grandin (RSA),
Victoria Azarenka (BLR), and
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL).
On court Tuesday are Czink vs. Serra Zanetti, Radwanska vs. Loit, Harkleroad vs. Sprem, Rybarikova vs. Safarova, Pastikova vs. Azarenka, Stosur vs. Grandin, Savchuk vs. Camerin, Sequera vs. Brandi, and Peng vs. Mattek.
