Today I saw two one sided matches, and a dandy two setter.
Svitolina was a little lucky to win the first set breaker and then fell behind 4-love in the second set to Kasatkina who to that point had outplayed her. But then Svitolina raised her game and swept past Kasatkina the last six games of the set. With their matching tennis gear, the two played like clones for most of the match.
Timea Babos looked sharp knocking off local hero 17-year-old Bianca Vanessa Andreescu, 4 and 1. Andreescu displayed some powerful groundstrokes and a great deal of poise for her age. But she will be in tough with a ton of talented youngsters on the women's side. Not sure that she has anything, outside of a potential killer forehand, that will distinguish her from the pack in the long run. Too soon to tell.
Finally, an almost shockingly slim Caroline Wozniacki had an easy time of it with Alexandrova, another talented young player, 3 and love. Caroline still wimps her second serve in too often, but she is playing with a lot more power and baseline aggression than I saw from her two years ago. Safe to say all the baby fat is gone; she looked very fit and sleekly confident.