The top seeds in Paris took a while to play, given first round byes. But when they did finally play, they were mostly successful.
(Rank/Seed)
7/1 Errani got the benefit of a retirement win over Rybarikova. Trailing 0-4, the Slovak called it a day, suffering with virus like symptoms.
8/2 Kvitova put her poor Australian swing behind her and no doubt looks forward to this indoor event where she has been a champion before. She had a tricky first set against Voegele though, seeing a 4-0 lead become a 5-6 deficit, but she closed it out 76(5) 63.
10/3 Bartoli welcomed her first week back in the top 10 since last September with a 75 61 win over Mchale, from 3-5 and then four set points down in the first set.
14/4 Cibulkova continued her losing ways however, going down 75 64 to lucky loser Bertens.
16/5 Vinci also lost, to Barthel 46 61 63 having won her first round match in two sets.
18/6 Safarova has won two matches in three sets, whilst 19/7 Goerges went crashing out in the first round to Mladenovic 75 57 76(4)!
In Pattaya City, Morita edged (13/1) Ivanovic in the first round 63 57 63 in a rain delayed match that took three days to complete, whilst (15/2) Kirilenko has already won two matches.
