Top seed Radwanska stunned by Hampton in Eastbourne opener
Seed No.1 Agnieszka Radwanska fell at the first hurdle at the Aegon International in Eastbourne, but she shouldn't despair, as last year she also had such a short grasscourt tournament preparation for Wimbledon and she ended up in the finals of the the Championships.
Last year the Pole lost in the first round of Eastbourne to Tsvetana Pironkova, while today her conqueror was Jamie Hampton, the American qualifier who crowed the claycourt season with a fourth-round finish at Roland Garros. Radwanska lost 7-6(2) 6-2 and it is the ninth time in the past 15 years the top seed said goodbye in their opening match at the tournament.
Radwanska was the Eastbourne champion in 2008, beating Nadia Petrova in the final. (photo: Ralf Reinecke)



Agnieszka Radwanska scored a decisive 6-2 6-4 victory over Ana Ivanovic to move into the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, but the score provides a misleading picture about the match – Radwanska's defense and versatile game were superb, but what gave her such a clear-cut win were Ivanovic's persistent mistakes in all the crucial moments of the match, on break and game points. There were dozens of chances where Ivanovic could have overturned the result or at least taken the match to the third set, but she spoiled every hard-earned opportunity, that she had thanks to her great winners and huge fight, with some apparent mental block and fear of Radwanska to whom she has now lost seven straight matches. 



Despite complaining that her ankle has been bothering her for a while, top seed Victoria Azarenka, unbeaten in 17 matches this season, remained on course in her title defense at the BNP Paribas Open by cruising into the last eight with a 6-3 6-1 victory over Urszula Radwanska, while Urszula's more successful sister Agnieszka Radwanska was the only upset of the day, as the third seed fell to seed No.13 Maria Kirilenko. After quickly losing the first set, Agnieszka fought back to win the second and go 3-1 up in the third, before Kirilenko won four straight games for a 5-3 lead and a 6-1 4-6 7-5 victory after a small slump.



