No. 2 seed Victoria Azarenka and No. 3 seed Marion Bartoli both won their matches in straight sets, as the Bulgarian won her match to Kateryna Bondarenko 60 62, and the Frenchwoman won her match to wildcard Monika Wejnert 61 62.
"It was not an easy match, she was playing really well and she obviously had nothing to lose," observed Bartoli after clinching victory 61 62 on her third match point. "It was her first match on the WTA tour and playing against me was not easy for her, and this being her home town, it was normal that she was nervous.
"She's really talented so I had to play a good match, a solid match, but I did and it was pretty good to start like that," Bartoli added.
But one of the seeds were kicked out. That was No. 6 seed Kaia Kanepi, who fell to Alisa Kleybanova of Russia, 61 64.
Other winners of the day were Tsvetana Pironkova, who defeated Monica Niculescu 67(2) 64 64, and Jarmila Gajdosova, who demolished Shuai Peng in straight sets, 64 62.
Top seed Ivanovic will make her debut on Monday, as she will take on Petra Kvitova.
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