Two more seeds went down at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, but No.3 seed Alizé Cornet and No.7 seed Chanelle Scheepers set up a quarterfinal showdown.
Almost exactly a year after stunning Serena Williams at Roland Garros, Virginie Razzano pulled off another big upset on another center court on home turf at the Internationaux de Strasbourg.
Maria Kirilenko made a winning comeback to the courts as the seeds stepped out at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday. Elsewhere, Sara Errani scored her WTA-leading 19th match win of the year.
The only player in the draw who has won the title twice battled back to set up a second round clash with a very, very big name. Sofia Arvidsson overcame a 62 41 deficit to get past Laura Robson.
There were mixed results for the Top 2 seeds at the ASB Classic on Wednesday, with Agnieszka Radwanska cruising but Julia Goerges falling. And Zheng Jie played a different kind of tennis...
Ksenia Pervak edged Caroline Wozniacki in a thriller for her first Top 10 win while Sofia Arvidsson took Sam Stosur out at night, as the first round wrapped up at the Brisbane International.
The four World Group ties led the headlines, but there were a lot more Fed Cup ties going on around the world over the last week - see some more pics from those right here.
From Moroccco to Australia and Portugal to the good old US of A, doubles specialist Megan Moulton-Levy brings us around the world with her and her camera. See 26 shots from the year 2012...