Some Bad, Some Good

Once she held her lower back after failing to reach a ball wide on the forehand side and then she dropped serve in that game after unaccountably hitting wide with a backhand drive from well inside the baseline.

If Serena is suffering any ailment she has little time in which to recover for her next match against Li Na, the former French Open champion from China, scheduled for late yesterday.

Earlier, the chances of the title changing hands increased significantly when Petra Kvitova, the defending champion, produced a disappointing performance to lose 6-3, 6-2 to Agnieszka Radwanska, the Wimbledon finalist.