Japan's Akiko Morigami defeated No.15 seed Flavia Pennetta 6-1 7-5 Morigami, who recently reached her first Tour final in Cincinnati. Another girl from Japan Ai Sugiyama advanced to the second round when opponent Meghann Shaughnessy retired early in the first set due to a lower back strain. Sania mirza of India defeated No.4 seed Nadia Petrova 6-2 6-1