Russian cutie pie, Maria Kirilenko, hits a shot against Sara Errani of Italy during their match on the opening day of the Australian Open in Melbourne on January 19, 2009. Errani won the match 6-0, 6-4.
It was a match-up of two closely ranked players. Kirilenko is ranked No. 30, and Errani is ranked No. 39. Kirilenko was seeded No. 27, and Errani was unseeded.
Other featured cutie pies who lost in the first round include:
- No. 52 ranked Nicole Vaidisova of Germany, defeated by No. 96 ranked Severine Bremond of France, 2-6, 1-6.
- No. 43 ranked Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, of Russia, beaten by No. 54 ranked Tathiana Garbin of Italy, 4-6, 6-2, 5-7.
Other upsets during the opening round among the seeded players include:
- No. 9 seed, Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland who was defeated by No. 59 ranked Kateryna Bondaranko of the Ukraine, 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 1-6.
- No. 23 seed, Agnes Szavay of Hungary who was defeated by No. 95 ranked Galina Voskoboeva of Russia, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6.
- No. 24 seed Sybille Bammer of Austria, beaten by No. 60 ranked Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic, 3-6, 1-6.
- No. 28 seed, Francesca Schiavone of Italy, knocked out by No. 41 ranked Shuai Peng of China, 6-7 (4-7), 1-6.
- No. 30 seed, Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada, defeated by No. 58 ranked Sabine Lusicki of Germany, 4-6, 3-6.
- No. 32 seed Tamarine Tanasugarn of the USA, upset by No. 92 ranked Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain, 5-7, 3-6.
