MADRID, May 1 (Reuters) - Holder Aravane Rezai slumped to a 6-3 3-6 6-4 defeat by qualifier Sofia Arvidsson in the first round of the Madrid Open on Sunday.The Frenchwoman stunned Venus Williams in last year's final but was undone in her opening match on the clay in the Spanish capital by Swede Arvidsson, who is ranked 65 places below her.
World number one and top seed Caroline Wozniacki breezed through her first-round match against Ayumi Morita, beating the unseeded Japanese 6-2 6-3.
Third-seeded Italian Francesca Schiavone, the French Open champion, edged past China's Peng Shuai 7-5 7-6, while former world number one Maria Sharapova had to come from a set down to beat Dutch wildcard Arantxa Rus 2-6 6-3 6-2.
Russian Sharapova has been battling back from a shoulder injury that needed surgery in October 2008 and broke back into the top 10 again after reaching last month's Miami final.
The 24-year-old, a former Wimbledon, U.S. Open and Australian Open champion, was confident she could rise further than her current ranking of nine.
"Everyone has the goal of being number one," she told a news conference.
"It's a great achievement for me to get back into the top 10 but that's not where I want to end. I see myself going a lot further than that."
Dane Wozniacki, who lost to Dinara Safina in the 2009 Madrid final, said her preparations for the latest edition had been good following her defeat in the final of the clay tournament in Stuttgart last week to German Julia Goerges.
"I came here early and had quite a few practices," the 20-year-old told a news conference.
"The first match is always tricky but I felt I played pretty good."
World number one and top seed Caroline Wozniacki breezed through her first-round match against Ayumi Morita, beating the unseeded Japanese 6-2 6-3.
Third-seeded Italian Francesca Schiavone, the French Open champion, edged past China's Peng Shuai 7-5 7-6, while former world number one Maria Sharapova had to come from a set down to beat Dutch wildcard Arantxa Rus 2-6 6-3 6-2.
Russian Sharapova has been battling back from a shoulder injury that needed surgery in October 2008 and broke back into the top 10 again after reaching last month's Miami final.
The 24-year-old, a former Wimbledon, U.S. Open and Australian Open champion, was confident she could rise further than her current ranking of nine.
"Everyone has the goal of being number one," she told a news conference.
"It's a great achievement for me to get back into the top 10 but that's not where I want to end. I see myself going a lot further than that."
Dane Wozniacki, who lost to Dinara Safina in the 2009 Madrid final, said her preparations for the latest edition had been good following her defeat in the final of the clay tournament in Stuttgart last week to German Julia Goerges.
"I came here early and had quite a few practices," the 20-year-old told a news conference.
"The first match is always tricky but I felt I played pretty good."
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