No. 6
Svetlana Kuznetsova led the seeded exodus on Friday at the WTA event in
Indian Wells as seven seeded players exited the BNP Paribas Open.
Kuznetsova, keeping alive her poor 2009 campaign, exited in three sets to Polish wildcard
Urszula Radwanska.
Other Top 20-seeded casualties were (10)
Marion Bartoli losing to
Shahar Peer after winning the first set 6-1, and (16)
Anabel Medina Garrigues falling to American
Jill Craybas in three.
Lower seeds exiting were (24)
Alona Bondarenko falling to
Nicole Vaidisova, (26)
Iveta Benesova losing to fellow Czech
Petra Kvitova, (29)
Carla Suarez Navarro winning only four games against American wildcard
Alexa Glatch, and (32)
Sorana Cirstea losing in three to Russian
Elena Vesnina.
Stadium 1 court matches on Saturday in Indian Wells are Cetkovska vs. Dementieva, Ivanovic vs. Yakimova, and Pavlyuchenkova vs. Jankovic.
