Top seed Caroline Wozniacki and freshly crowned French Open champion Francesca Schiavone both lost on a day of upsets at the Eastbourne International yesterday.
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| Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki during her first round match against France's Aravane Rezai at the AEGON tournament, Eastbourne. pIC/AFP |
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Danish 19-year-old Wozniacki, the reigning champion, fell 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to France's Aravane Rezai in the first round, while second-seeded Italian Schiavone lost 7-5, 6-3 against Romanian world number 57 Sorana Cirstea.
Wozniacki was playing her first match on grass since the Wimbledon fourth round last summer. "I would have liked to have gotten more matches," she said. "But I will now keep my head up and plan some practice matches to prepare."
Two more seeds also lost, with 2008 champion Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, the fourth seed, going out to Belarus's Victoria Azarenka, 7-6 (7/2), 6-1.
Belgian Kim Clijsters came through well in her first match in seven weeks after a foot injury, defeating compatriot Yanina Wickmayer 6-1, 6-1. "It was not bad for the first match in a while," said the 2005 champion.
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