Vania King led four unseeded Americans into the second round on Monday at the Family Circle Cup in
Charleston.
King upset No. 14 seed
Olga Govortsova 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 6-3 in the only seeded upset of the day.
Other unseeded American winners were
Julie Ditty,
Varvara Lepchenko, and qualifier
Melanie Oudin.
The first three seeds to take the courts were all winners, with No. 10 seed Peng Shuai topping wildcard
Anastasia Pivovarova 6-0, 6-2; No. 11 seed
Alona Bondarenko beating
Anne Kremer 6-4, 6-0; and No. 13 seed
Virginie Razzano beating American wildcard Mallory Cecil 6-1, 6-2.
Seeds scheduled for Tuesday in Charleston include American [12] Mattek-Sands vs. Duque Marino, [3] Zvonareva vs. de Los Rios, [6] Bartoli vs. [Q] Sevastova, Mayr vs. [4] Petrova, [1] Dementieva vs. Ditty, [Q] Perry vs. [15] Zahlavova Strycova, [Q] Spears vs. [9] Wozniak, and [16] Lisicki vs. [Q] Pelletier.
Defending champion
Serena Williams is sitting out the event this year with a thigh injury.
