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Five Former Family Cup Champions to Cure the Upset Stomach in Round of 16

Mallory Burdette, Jessica Pegula and Eugenie Bouchard have enjoyed a fantastic ride in Charleston and delighted fans with their strong performances in upset wins this week.

But it really is time to restore some order at the Family Circle Cup.

This afternoon, Burdette will face prohibitive favorite Serena Williams on BJK Stadium Court while Jess Pegula gets Jelena Jankovic on Althea Gibson Court. Tonight, Genie Bouchard will be under the lights of BJK Stadium when she battles Sam Stosur. Upsets at the Family Circle Cup aren’t likely to rear their head today, but anything is possible. If even one of the underdogs advance, it would mark a career-high moment for them.

With 5 former Cup champions still in the mix–Wozniacki, Stosur, Serena Willams, Venus Williams, and Jankovic, this tournament doesn’t really offer much more room for upsets.

How’s your bracket? Mine was destroyed when Sloane Stephens and Carla Suarez-Navarro went down.

UPDATE: Andrea Petkovic 

Second Seed, Caroline Wozniacki (WC), has received a Walkover due to Andrea Petkovic (WC) withdrawing due to a right calf injury.
Petkovic states, “I’m very happy that I came here – it is a very beautiful  tournament and I loved every part of it here, so I hope to come back  again under better conditions.  I’m really sorry that I had to pull out  but it was just too dangerous and I don’t want to risk anything.”

RESULTS – APRIL 03, 2013
Women’s
Singles – Second Round
[2] [WC] C Wozniacki (DEN) d S Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 61 61
[3] S Stosur (AUS) d M Erakovic (NZL) 61 62
[6] L Safarova (CZE) d M Lucic-Baroni (CRO) 75 61
[10] J Goerges (GER) d O Govortsova (BLR) 62 06 63
[Q] M Burdette (USA) d [15] S Lisicki (GER) 36 76(5) 75
[Q] E Bouchard (CAN) d [16] L Robson (GBR) 64 36 61
M Keys (USA) d [Q] G Min (USA) 64 63
[WC] A Petkovic (GER) d [Q] V King (USA) 75 64

Women’s
Doubles – First Round
[4] J Goerges (GER) / Y Shvedova (KAZ) d A Groenefeld (GER) / J Husarova (SVK) 36 76(6) 12-10
A Barty (AUS) / A Rodionova (AUS) d N Grandin (RSA) / V Uhlirova (CZE) 62 62

ORDER OF PLAY – THURSDAY, APRIL 04, 2013
BILLIE JEAN KING start 11:00 am
[WC] A Petkovic (GER) vs [2] [WC] C Wozniacki (DEN)

Not Before 1:00 PM
[1] S Williams (USA) vs [Q] M Burdette (USA)
[12] V Lepchenko (USA) vs  [5] V Williams (USA)
[11] S Cirstea (ROU) vs [6] L Safarova (CZE)

Not Before 7:00 PM
[Q] E Bouchard (CAN) vs [3] S Stosur (AUS)
[1] A Hlavackova (CZE) / L Huber (USA) or [Alt] M Erakovic (NZL) / J Pegula (USA) vs H Chan (TPE) / O Govortsova (BLR)
ALTHEA GIBSON start 11:00 am
[WC] B Mattek-Sands (USA) vs M Keys (USA)
S Voegele (SUI) vs [10] J Goerges (GER)
[Q] J Pegula (USA) vs  [9] J Jankovic (SRB)
[4] J Goerges (GER) / Y Shvedova (KAZ) vs M Moulton-Levy (USA) / S Zhang (CHN)\

—S. Fogleman