Peer, Parmentier advance; Domachowska ousted on Day 1 in Seoul

As Day 1 of the Hansol Korea Open kicked off, there were some ups and downs for the seeds competing on Monday, but Shahar Peer and Pauline Parmentier advanced to the second round.

Peer, the 2nd seed in Seoul, had a nice start to the week, after winning her first match to Petra Cetkovska, 63 64. Despite Peer losing four serves, she still gained seven breaks on the way to victory.

Parmentier, seeded 5th, won her opening match in just 50 minutes to wildcard Han Sung-Hee.

No. 6 Marta Domachowska had a bad opening day, after losing to Akgul Amanmuradova in a 2 hour and 40 minute match, which consisted of 25 double faults from Marta, 67(1) 63 63.