Svetlana Kuznetsova became the first seeded woman to advance without a bye. The 14thseeded Russian beat American qualifier Jill Craybas 63, 64. Ninthseeded Andrea Petkovic lost the first set and survived a secondset tiebreaker to pull out a 57, 76 (5) 62 win over Slovakian Jamila Gajdosova, and Ana Ivanovic of Serbia rolled to a 60, 62 win over qualifier Alexa Glatch of the United States..And we almost cracked the safe. It didn't work out quite the way you'd like it to end. But when you get that next opportunity, you remember those times and use them as a way of getting back.

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