The two seeds playing on Day 1 at Guangzhou had a great opening day, 
as they both advanced in straight sets, while two lucky losers met their fate.
as they both advanced in straight sets, while two lucky losers met their fate.Yan Zi, the gold medalist in doubles at the Olympics, fell to No. 6 Olga Govortsova, 63 62, while the other seed, No. 8 Mariya Koryttseva, had a tougher win, to Akgul Amanmuradova, 64 64.
China's wildcards fared better: after failing in a first set tie-break, Zhang Shuai took the second set from Karin Knapp, before the higher-ranked Italian stole back the momentum for a 76(6), 16 61 win; later, Lu Jingjing gave cause for cheer by defeating Ekaterina Dzehalevich, 76(4) 62.
Elsewhere in the draw, Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania beat Aniko Kapros of Hungary, 67(5) 64 61; and in an all-Russian affair, Alla Kudryavtseva also needed three sets to subdue Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 64 46 63.
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