As Gael Monfils hits the courts this week at the Heineken Open, just about everyone will be on guard.

Agnieszka Radwanska can look like the sort of player a club player could beat with her unorthodox approach and lack of power but she proved too classy for the rest of the field at the ASB Classic.

The match will see a contrast in styles with the heavy hitting of Wickmayer against the deft touches and guile of Radwanska. The pair have played twice before, with each winning one match. Wickmayer won on hard court in 2010, Radwanska on clay in 2011.

Yanina Wickmayer's love affair with Auckland is showing no signs of dimming, with the 23-year-old Belgian within a match of a third Auckland women's classic final in four years.

A sluggish, nervy start and a faltering first serve consigned Marina Erakovic's 2013 Classic campaign to a rapidly filling what-might-have-been file.

After looking so good yesterday, Marina Erakovic was off her game today and was duly bundled out of the ASB Classic by American Jamie Hampton 6-1 7-6.

After three years of first-round exits at her hometown WTA event, Erakovic will be back out on court today in the second round of the ASB Classic.

Standing at just 1.72m and weighing 56kg, Agnieszka Radwanska is one of the smallest players on the women's tennis tour and plays a game to match.

Onny Parun has backed the decision not to award main draw wildcards to local players.