Comeback moms, Grand Slam champions and former world No.1s Victoria Azarenka and Kim Clijsters are both still working to shrug off rustiness as they lost in the first round of the Abierto GNP Seguros in Monterrey on Tuesday.
After being absent from the tour for six months, mainly due to the custody battle for her son, Victoria Azarenka was outdone by rising Slovenian star Tamara Zidansek 6-2 6-2. Playing her first match since the first-round US Open loss to compatriot Aryna Sabalenka, the seventh-seeded Azarenka faced a 5-1 deficit in the first set and even though she managed to save a set point and earn one break back, the world No.