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Flavia Pennetta has won her match against Amelie Mauresmo. Mauresmo was seemingly heading for an easy victory as she was a set and a break up, but lost the match 2-6, 7-6, 6-4. What makes it more agonizing for Mauresmo is that she was 4-1 up in the final set with a break, but lost five games in a row. Italy now have a 1-0 lead.

Nuria Llagostera Vives won a topsy-turvy match against Iveta Benesova to put Spain back on track at 1-1. Despite losing the first set 6-1 to her Czech opponent, Llagostera Vives won the next two 6-1, 6-4 to record victory.