Into the main draw, her first match was against Petra Cetkovská, whom she beat 6–4, 6–2, to remain unbeaten in their four meetings. Next up was another meeting with Hantuchová, who had beaten Erakovic in the semifinal in Pattaya, and this was yet another match affected by weather. Rain came after 25 minutes, with the score at 3–3, and Hantuchová promptly dropped her service on the resumption. She broke Erakovic's serve three games later, however, and they went to a tie-breaker. Erakovic held a set point at 6–5 but couldn't convert, whereas Hantuchová converted her first set point to take the tie-break 8–6 after an hour's play.