| World No. 1 Serena Williams will lead the charge on | | | | days’ play against Argentine Jose Acasuso. |
| Ken Rosewall Arena on day three of the Medibank | | | | A number of big names, including Caroline Wozniacki, |
| International Sydney. | | | | Sam Stosur and Jelena Jankovic, were casualties in |
| Joining Williams will be Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva | | | | the second day of main draw action. |
| and Australian wildcards Carsten Ball and Peter | | | | Number four seed Wozniacki went down to Li Na of |
| Luczak. | | | | China in three sets 2-6 6-3 6-2, while Australian No. 1 |
| First up on Ken Rosewall Arena, Safina will play Polish | | | | Stosur wasn’t at her best, going down to Italian |
| young gun Agnieszka Radwanska, who she beat in | | | | Flavia Pennetta in straight sets 6-3 6-1. |
| straight sets in their only previous encounter. | | | | In front of a packed court one crowd, former finalist |
| Eleven-time grand slam champion Williams follows | | | | Jankovic went down in a tough three set match to |
| Safina on Ken Rosewall Arena. She will play Maria | | | | qualifier Agnes Szavay 5-7 6-1 7-5 while Aussie |
| Jose Martinez Sanchez. Creative left-hander Martinez | | | | Casey Dellacqua also lost on court one, defeated by |
| Sanchez recently captured the Hopman Cup title in | | | | Russian Vera Dushevina. |
| Perth, scoring big wins over Sam Stosur and Sorana | | | | In the one of the most interesting and inspiring results |
| Cirstea. | | | | of the day, 39-year-old Kimiko Date Krumm, 1994 |
| In the final women’s match, defending champion, | | | | women’s singles winner, defeated Russia’s |
| Dementieva will aim to continue her good form against | | | | Nadia Petrova and will face Victoria Azarenka, herself |
| Slovakia’s Daniela Hantuchova. The pair have a | | | | a three set winner over German Sabine Lisicki. |
| long history against each other with Dementieva | | | | Other first round winners today included Richard |
| leading their head-to-head series 10-3. | | | | Gasquet, Marcos Baghdatis, Dominika Cibulkova and |
| In men’s action, Ball will play American Mardy Fish, | | | | Radwanska. |
| while fellow Australian Luczak will close out the | | | | |