12 August,2011 09:01 AM IST | | AFP
Caroline Wozniacki's bid for a second-straight WTA Canada crown ended abruptly on Wednesday as the World No 1 was stunned in her opening match by unseeded Italian Roberta Vinci.
Vinci defeated the top-seeded Dane 6-4, 7-5 to reach the third round. Wozniacki, playing her first tournament since Bastad in the first week of July, had enjoyed a first-round bye.
Maria advances
Fifth-seeded Maria Sharapova,u00a0 French Open champion Li Na and Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova all progressed. Sharapova beat Serbian qualifier Bojana Jovanovski 6-1, 7-5. China's Li advanced on a walkover when compatriot Peng Shuai withdrew prior to their match with a left hip injury suffered in San Diego last week.
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Kvitova reached the third round with a 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 victory over Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues.
