3 out of 4 seeds cruising through to the next round; New Zealander again ousted in debut match

Three out of four seeds who played on Tuesday cruised through to the next round happily. The seed who was ousted was New Zealander Maria Erakovic, who lost her first match to qualifier Maria Elena Camerin in straight sets.

Agnieszka Radwanska, the defending champion and first seed here, had good results at the end of her debut match, beating Nathalie Dechy in straight sets, 62 63. The Polish rising star is already ranked 10th, and has won in Pattaya City and Istanbul this year, and she also reached the semifinals at Doha.

No. 3 seed Katarina Srebotnik eased throught to the second round after her win to Russian Anna Lapushchenkova, 62 61. Since her early loss last week in her home country Slovenia, Srebotnik seems to have regained herself, and could have a good result in this tournament. She will next face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who won her first round match to countrywoman Ekaterina Bychkova, 64 36 61.

Caroline Wozniacki began her run with a victory over Angelique Kerber, 63 64. Seeded 4th, the Dane has one of the best chances than any other Scandinavian to win this tournament.

Swedish wildcard Sandra Roma was easily defeated by No. 5 seed Anabel Medina Garrigues, 63 61. After reaching the final in Portoroz last week, and the semifinals at Palermo a couple of weeks ago, the Spaniard will be on the hunt for the title here in Stockholm, after coming so close to one.

New Zealander Marina Erakovic didn't have the same luck as all of the other seeds. Seeded 8th, she shamefully lost to Italian Maria Elena Camerin in straight sets, 63 64. Camerin, seeded No. 124, will next be facing Spaniard Virginia Ruano Pascual, who fought back from one set down to beat compatriot Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, 36 76(5) 62.

It was a good day for the home crowd as Swedish wildcard Johanna Larsson beat last week's semifinalist at Portoroz, Julia Goerges, 36 76(5) 64. It was a nice home win for the Swede who had met the German once before but lost. In the second round she will face Camille Pin, who knocked out No.7 seed Kateryna Bondarenko on Monday.

Last year's runner-up, Vera Dushevina won her opening-round match against Ekaterina Makarova, 76(4) 63. Also though to the second round are qualifiers Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.