Anne Keothavong WR 77 vs Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) WR 335 *
- winner to play (25) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) WR 27
Elena Baltacha WR 62 vs Arantxa Rus (NED) WR 98
- winner to play (14) Julia Georges (GER) WR 15
* Wouldn't take any notice of that WR. Bacsinszky was out from the end of March 2011 to the beginning of February 2012 and is presumably in on a PR. Was a CH of WR 37 in 2010. Has lost to Stosur WR 5 in Fed Cup and Begu WR 53 since her return by reasonably competitive scorelines.
Rus has not had any great form over recent months, and her win over Clijsters at the French Open must seem like a very long time ago.
Edit : OK, most of that's been said, I got diverted while putting it together
-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 6th of March 2012 03:07:05 AM