Daniela Hantuchova had little trouble advancing in the China Open after a straight-sets defeat of Gisela Dulko.The seventh-seeded Slovakian cruised past the Argentinian 6-3 6-1.
Hantuchova next faces either Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn or fellow countrywoman Katarina Srebotnik in the second round.
The other seeded player in action on Monday was not as fortunate.
Ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki was ousted in her first round match, going down 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 to Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues.
The Spaniard will play either Kazakhstan qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova or Hungarian Agnes Szavay next.
Also winning on Monday was Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova, who rebounded from dropping the first set to defeat former world number one Amelie Mauresmo 3-6 6-4 6-3.
Next up for Cibulkova is the winner of the first-round match between eighth seed Anna Chakvetadze of Russia and Czech lucky loser Iveta Benesova.
Serbians Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic are seeded first and second, respectively. They received first-round byes along with fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova and fifth seed Vera Zvonareva, both Russians.
The tournament's third seed, Dinara Safina, who won the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sunday, withdrew due to injury.
In the men's event, Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei and Bjorn Phau of Germany were victorious on the opening day.
Spain's David Ferrer, fresh from helping Spain reach the Davis Cup final with a 4-1 win over the USA in Madrid, is the top seed.
by espnstar.com
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