As the 1st round finished and the 2nd round started, several seeds left the Kremlin Cup early.
(Rank/Seed)
Arvidsson comfortably defeated (10/2) Bartoli 63 60 in the 2nd round. Bartoli struggled physically and with playing on the slow surface at the Kremlin Cup. Hitting 11 double faults during the match, she lost the last 8 games, confirming Sam Stosur's place as 1st alternate at the WTA Championships next week.
11/3 Wozniacki put away her close friend U. Radwanska 61 63 in the 2nd round, her 1st appearance at the tournament since 2008.
Halep edged recent Tokyo champion (13/6) Petrova 36 75 75, in the 1st round, despite trailing a set and a break.
14/5 Defending champion Cibulkova recovered to beat (20/-) Makarova 26 64 62 in the 1st round, before going on to beat Pironkova 62 63 in the 2nd round.
16/7 Kirilenko came from 3-5 and a set point down at 4-5 to beat Vesnina 75 61 in the 1st round.
Zakopalova recovered from a 1-4 2nd set deficit to beat (18/8) Safarova 64 64 in the 2nd round
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