Tokyo day 3: Kvitova fails

Singles - Second Round
(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Tamira Paszek (AUT) 61 61
(2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (Q) Heather Watson (GBR) 67(7) 63 64
(3) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 62 75
Petra Martic (CRO) d. (4) Petra Kvitova (CZE) 64 64
(5) Angelique Kerber (GER) d. (WC) Ayumi Morita (JPN) 63 64
(6) Sara Errani (ITA) d. (Q) Johanna Larsson (SWE) 63 76(1)
(7) Li Na (CHN) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 75 46 62
(8) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 46 62 75
(9) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Julia Goerges (GER) 62 75
(10) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 76(3) 61
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. (11) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 36 64 62
(12) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Zheng Jie (CHN) 60 63
(14) Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. (Q) Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 63 61
(Q) Jamie Hampton (USA) d. (15) Kaia Kanepi (EST) 57 62 63
(16) Lucie Safarova (RUS) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) w/o (left wrist injury)
(17) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. Simona Halep (ROU) 76(4) 60

Petra Martic (CRO) d. (4) Petra Kvitova (CZE) 64 64

Oh dear Kvitova... No words to describe the disappointment here. Martic has barely won anything since the French Open and yet Kvitova manages to lose to her. This season is truly one to forget for the Czech left-hander. Initially thought to be the next dominant force, she crumbled spectacularly under the pressure, having freak losses when she is not supposed to. No idea where Petra should go from here. Maybe she needs a new coach, a fresh approach to the game. If not, she will be the great player which almost became successful.

Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. (11) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 36 64 62

Ai yai yai... What a terrible loss for Ana Ivanovic. Urzsula Radwanska has no discernible weapons to hurt Ana, but she manages to lose to her anyway. Just an absolute disaster for the Serbian. Just when you thought she is going to build her confidence from her first quarter-final showing in 4 years, she loses these kind of matches. I guess Ivanovic's days as a top 10 player are long gone and she will never reach the top 10 again. 

 (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (Q) Heather Watson (GBR) 67(7) 63 64

There's something about Heather Watson that Sharapova doesn't like. The two times they played, Sharapova has been stretched to 3 close sets both times. One just needs to look at the statistics to see the whole picture: Sharapova sucked. How she won despite committing 70 plus unforced errors is beyond me. I guess the fight got her through. If only Watson had a distinctive weapon, Sharapova may be packing her bags now.