The Gastein Ladies tournament started slow after rain delayed all the matches that were supposed to be played, but on Day 2, the sky weren't full of clouds and all the matches were completed.
No. 8 seed Iveta Benesova was the first seed on the court, and showed full strengh after a not-so-easy win to Kirsten Flipkens, 67(5) 75 64. Benesova had a bad week last week, as she was knocked out in the first round of Budapest, but she sems to have made a recovery after today's win.
Maret Ani was revengeful and beat No.9 seed Klara Zakopalova on her thrid try. Ani met Zakopalova in Rome in 2004 and Palermo in 2005, but didn't have success, until now. Ani has had a good year on the ITF Circuit and her best result on the Tour this year was reaching the semifinals at Estoril, losing to Benesova.
The last match of the day was between No. 6 seed Pauline Parmentier and Tathiana Garbin. The two were squaring off for the very first time and Parmentier prevailed to move into the second round with a win of 62 76(3). Parmentier will now play the winner of Wednesday's match between Ukrainian Julia Vakulenko and German Anna-Lena Groenefeld.
The last two players to win first round matches on Tuesday were Galina Voskoboeva and Melanie Klaffner. Voskoboeva beat Sanda Mamic, 46 64 60, while Klaffner, a wildcard into this week's draw, beat Lucie Safarova, 63 64.
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