Two seeded youngsters were among the winners on Day 1 at the Tashkent Open, along with junior No. 1 Aranxta Rus, who advanced to the main draw after winning her last qualifting match in straight sets.
17-year-old Rus has had an impressive month, as she reached the quartefinals in Guangzhou, and reached the main draw at Seoul, but today's match for her was too simple as she demolished home player Sariya Khayrova, 60 60.
"I hope to play my best tennis and win some good matches here," said Rus, after her easy win.
Another young star, No. 4 seed Sabine Lisicki, had an easy win, as she dropped just one game in her match with Dilyara Saidkhodjaeva, 60 61.
No. 5 seed Magdalena Rybarikova won her match in hard straight sets to Kathrin Woerle, 64 64.
In the only other main draw match of the day, Sofia Shapatava of Georgia beat France's Kinnie Laisne in three sets, while other qualifiers to win through were Russian Nina Bratchikova, Ksenia Palkina of Kyrgyzstan and Alexandra Panova of Russia, who will be playing her first Tour main draw. Bratchikova and Panova both defeated local players – Shahzodahon Hatamova and Nigina Abduraimova respectively. But due to the injury withdrawals of Roberta Vinci and Maret Ani, Abduraimova was subsequently made a lucky loser, along with Arina Rodionova, who had been beaten by Palkina.
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