In what was a thoroughly entertaining day in the women's draw at the French Open, world no.1 Serena Williams and fourth seed Petra Kvitova both dropped the opening set of their matches against relative unknowns, before prevailing in three hard fought sets to advance to the third round. Not quite as fortunate was 5th seed Caroline Wozniacki, who was shown the door by German Julia Goerges, however, in what was easily the match of the day, the 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone edged out the 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in an epic slugfest that lasted nearly 4 hours.
To Williams first, and the favourite for the title was up against unheralded German Anna-Lena Friedsam, a 21 year old, playing in the second round of a Grand Slam tournament for the very first time in her career. The youngster, who is ranked just outside the top 100, stunned Williams by taking the first set 7-5, sending fans (and reporters) in a bit of a tizzy around Paris. Williams though recovered her poise to battle through in three tough sets, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.