Seeds go 2-2 on Monday in Cincinnati

It was a day full of surprises for the seeds in Cincinnati, Ohio. Two seeds lost and two seeds won their opening round matches. No. 3 seed Maria Kirilenko and No. 4 seed Katarina Srebotnik cruised into the second round after easy wins in the first round, while No. 7 seed Ekaterina Makarova was beaten in her debut match, and No. 8 seed Tamira Paszek was forced to retire due to illness.

Slovenian Srebotnik was the first seed to win, putting on an excellent performance against American Amanda Fink, 63 63. The 2006 runner-up hit six aces past the American in the match that lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes.

Srebotnik will face Nathalie Dechy in the second round, who beat countrywoman Olivia Sanchez in straight sets, 62 62.

Kirilenko was the second and last seed to come through to the next round, beating Hsieh Su-Wei from Chinese Taipei, 62 75. The last time the Russian played in Cincinnati was four years ago, being beaten by Marion Bartoli in the first round.

Kirilenko will next face Stehanie Dubois, who won her previous match to another Russian, Evgeniya Rodina, 62 76(3).

The No. 7 and 8 seeds vothe had a bad day, losing their first round matches. No. 7 seed Makarova was easily defeated by Camille Pin of France, 60 62; and No. 8 seed Paszek was forced to retire due to illness against Petra Cetkovska, after leading 46 63 41. Cetkvoska will next face Lilia Osterloh, who beat British Anne Keothavong, 76(3) 46 64.

American Julie Ditty also advanced after beating qualifier Yuan Meng of China, 26 61 64. In the second round she faces either one of two Russians - Galina Voskoboeva or No.2 seed Nadia Petrova.