Fifth seed Samantha Stosur became the highest-seeded casualty of Wimbledon 2012 so far, continuing her poor record at the tournament, while Caroline Wozniacki suffered a surprise loss to Tamira Paszek in terms of ranking, but not as much of a surprise since Paszek won the grasscourt Eastbourne over the weekend.

Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam where Stosur has a negative record, as she has never been beyond the third round in nine appearances, and this year is no exception thanks to Arantxa Rus. The 21-year-old Rus made headlines at this year's Roland Garros by reaching the fourth round, beating Virginie Razzano (Serena Williams' famous conqueror) and then Julia Goerges. This time, Rus won six games in a row to win the first set against Stosur, and despite suffering a bagel in the following set, she quickly went up in the third and prevented Stosur from coming back to eventually win the second-round match 6-2 0-6 6-4.

The seventh-seeded Caroline Wozniacki lost in the first round already and it is the first time in her career that she loses a Wimbledon opener, while the last three times she played the fourth round. Tamira Paszek came out on top in the rain-interrupted match and won 5-7 7-6(4) 6-4 after saving two match points in the second set. Remember that Paszek saved five match points in the Eastbourne final against Angelique Kerber?

I'd also like to mention that third seed Agnieszka Radwanska progressed to the third round without hitting even one unforced error in her 6-2 6-1 victory over Elena Vesnina. (photo: © Neal Trousdale)

Two most recent Wimbledon champions Petra Kvitova and Serena Williams both moved into the second round at this year's grasscourt Grand Slam with straight-set victories.

Defending a Grand Slam title for the first time, Petra Kvitova made a nervous start in her first-round match at Wimbledon 2012, but she overcame an initial 4-1 deficit to eventually cruise past Akgul Amanmuradova 6-4 6-4 on Centre Court. Trailing 4-1, Kvitova saved two break points to prevent being two breaks down and won five games in a row to take the first set. The second set was more straightforward, despite the short rain delay towards the end of the match.

Playing on the same court where her five-time Wimbledon champion sister Venus exited yesterday to Elena Vesnina, Serena Williams left behind her first ever first-round Grand Slam loss suffered last month at Roland Garros and advanced to the second round of Wimbledon with a 6-2 6-4 victory over Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, who is now 0-21 lifetime against Top 10 players.

Williams, the 2002, 2003, 2009 and 2010 Wimbledon champion, will next play Melina Czink, while Kvitova will face Elena Baltacha. (photo: © Neal Trousdale)

Kim Clijsters returned to competitive tennis this week, after a three-month hip injury layoff, and she imposed herself as a big threat for the upcoming Wimbledon by reaching the semifinals of the Unicef Open. However, just hours before her match with Urszula Radwanska, Clijsters preventively withdrew with a stomach muscle strain. The Belgian is sure, though, that she will play Wimbledon, the last one of her career.

At the tournament in Eastbourne, Tamira Paszek reached her first Premier-level final, while world No.8 Angelique Kerber recorded her 40th win in 2012, the most of any other player, to reach the title match. Paszek came to Eastbourne with 11 first-round losses this year and in the semifinal against fourth seed and defending champion Marion Bartoli she fought back from losing the first set and trailing 0-4 in the second and 0-2 in the third. Kerber cruised past Klara Zakopalova for a 6-0 6-3 win. (source: WTA Tour, photo: © Neal Trousdale)

Sabine Lisicki recently did an interview with Ellery Maddocks for Tennis Now, chatting about how she turned her hatred for grass into love, the excitement she has for Wimbledon and the London Olympics, cooperation with Longines, the constant travels of tennis players, etc.

Here's my favorite part of the interview, where Sabine explains how the grass surface troubled her not only because of its uniqueness but grass itself caused her health problems:

I used to hate it, the first time I went there (Wimbledon) I actually think I lost 5 straight matches on grass plus one doubles, and then I turned it around in 2009 where I went to the quarterfinals. I have a string grass allergy, so there was a lot against it, but at some point I just turned it around. I just love it now, it plays differently, it's quicker obviously which is good for my service, which is one of my weapons.

Last year at the grasscourt Birmingham Lisicki won the title and went on to reach the semifinals of Wimbledon, her first and only Grand Slam semifinal appearance. However, Lisicki exited this week's Birmingham tournament in the second round already, losing to Urszula Radwanska 6-3 6-4. (photo: Ralf Reinecke)

Ana Ivanovic was one of the best dressed players at the French Open, and we have already seen Adidas Women's Lawn Adizero Dress that the former world No.1 will wear at Wimbledon, but now photos from her latest shoot with the sports apparel company are available on her official website and we can see not only Ivanovic working her Wimbledon kit but also the exclusive shots of her colorful US Open 2012 dress. Read more »