The 2nd round saw a further major upset, whilst the other seeds battled through in differing circumstances
(Rank/Seed)
1/1 Azarenka recovered from a 1st set blip to beat tricky Lisicki 64 62, having led 5-1 in the 1st set
3/3 A. Radwanska started her title defence well with a 62 63 win over home player Zhang
6/5 Kerber cruised as usual against qualifier Arruabarrena 62 60
8/7 Li thrilled the home crowd in overcoming a 0-6 head to head deficit to beat Tokyo champion (14/-) Petrova 61 62. Petrova admitted feeling pain in her leg throughout the match after playing 6 matches last week on route to the Tokyo title
Goerges continued her success against (9/8) Stosur 76(2) 46 75, losing serve only 3 times en route to her 3rd win in 4 meetings against the Australian. Stosur committed an uncharacteristic 14 double faults and has never gone beyond the 2nd round in Beijing
10/9 Bartoli defeated similarly double handed both sides Morita 64 63
11/10 Wozniacki came back from no where to defeat recent Guangzhou champion Hsieh 67(5) 76(3) 60, having trailed 67(5) 0-3!
* Robson's run was ended by qualifier Dominguez Lino 75 63 :(
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