Only a couple of surprises in this round. Simona Halep had little difficulty in the second round against Taylor Townsend of the USA, with a 6-3, 6-1 romp. Also into the third round are Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams, who did drop the first set of her second round match.
There were two upsets; Maria Sakkari of Greece knocked out Carla Suarez-Navarro (23); Sakkari is ranked 38th, just outside the seeded players, so not a major upset. A slightly larger one was Pauline Parmentier, ranked 78th, defeating Alize Cornet, who had the 34th seed. Parmentier gets 2nd-seed Caroline Wozniacki next.
Sakkari looks strong. Seriously strong. This picture was from last year's tournament.
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