Williams bounces back to beat Rodionova at Acura

Kunitsyn's reward was an afternoon meeting yesterday with South Korean Lee Hyung-taik.

Top seed Andy Roddick was scheduled to open his bid for a third Washington title yesterday against Czech Tomas Zib.

Germany's Tommy Haas, ranked 12th and seeded second, will today face Colombia's Alejandro Falla, who beat US player Robert Kendrick 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Russia's third-seeded Marat Safin was scheduled to play Czech Jan Hernych yesterday.