Pertandingan di bawah mentari petang di Kalifornia itu, diawali dengan permainan servis hingga game kesembilan, ketika Ivanovic melancarkan forehand sedangkan Kuznetsova melancarkan pukulan backhand, untuk poin 30-40 bagi petenis Serbia.
On a sun-drenched afternoon in the California desert, the opening set went with serve until the ninth game when a crunching forehand by Ivanovic forced an error off Kuznetsova's backhand for the Serb to lead 30-40.