Wimbledon results: three upsets on day three

Ladies’ singles results for Wednesday, 27 June:

First round

• No. 12 seed Elena Dementieva (RUS) bt Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 6-2 7-6

• No. 29 seed Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Anne Kremer (LUX) 5-7 6-4 6-3

• No. 32 seed Martina Muller (GER) bt Anna Smashnova (ISR) 6-0 6-0

• No. 28 seed Mara Santangelo (ITA) bt Ayumi Morita (JPN) 6-1 3-6 6-3

• Meilen Tu (USA) bt Edina Gallovits (ROU) 4-6 6-2 6-2

• Nicole Pratt (AUS) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 6-3 6-4

• Severine Bremond (FRA) bt Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) 6-4 6-4

• Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) bt No. 22 seed Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 6-3 2-6 6-2 (Upset number one! Reminder: Garrigues won the tournament in Strasbourg a month ago defeating top seed Amelie Mauresmo in the final.)

• Victoria Azarenka (BLR) bt Jelena Kostanic Tosic (CRO) 6-3 6-1

• Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (SUI) 6-3 6-3

• No. 14 seed Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 7-6 6-2

• No. 13 seed Dinara Safina (RUS) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 7-5 7-6

• No. 17 seed Tatiana Golovin (FRA) bt Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 5-7 6-3 8-6

• Tamira Paszek (AUT) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 6-4 7-6

• Iveta Benesova (CZE) bt Catalina Castano (COL) 6-0 7-5

• Akiko Morigami (JPN) bt Alberta Brianti (ITA) 6-4 6-0

• No. 21 seed Tathiana Garbin (ITA) bt Zi Yan (CHN) 3-6 6-2 6-3

• Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) bt Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) 7-5 6-2

• No. 6 seed Ana Ivanovic (SRB) bt Melinda Czink (HUN) 6-0 7-6

• Aravane Rezai (FRA) bt Shenay Perry (USA) 6-2 7-6

• Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) bt Tsvetana Kirilo Pironkova (BUL) 6-2 6-1

Second round

• No. 1 seed Justine Henin (BEL) bt Vera Dushevina (RUS) 6-0 6-4 (As expected, Henin eased to victory.)
• No. 7 seed Serena Williams (USA) bt Alicia Molik (AUS) 7-6 6-3 (Quite interesting match: Williams made four breaks, Molik three.)

• No. 3 seed Jelena Jankovic (SRB) bt Jarmila Gajdosova (SVK) 6-1 6-1 (A one-sided match.)
• No. 18 seed Marion Bartoli (FRA) bt Olga Govortsova (BLR) 7-5 6-2
• Laura Granville (USA) bt No. 20 seed Sybille Bammer (AUT) 6-1 6-4 (Upset number two!)

• Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Emilie Loit (FRA) 6-1 6-2

• Milagros Sequera (VEN) bt No. 27 seed Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6-2 5-7 6-4 (Upset number three!)

• No. 9 seed Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 6-1 6-2 (Unlike her first round match, Hingis had a comfortable win in the second round.)

• No. 16 seed Shahar Peer (ISR) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST) 6-4 7-5 (via Wimbledon)

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