Suarez Navarro advances in Linz, Austria

LINZ, Austria, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Fourth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain was an opening-round winner Monday at the Generali Ladies Linz tennis event.

Suarez Navarro defeated Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik 6-2, 6-4.

In other first-day action, Poland's Urszula Radwanska beat Yvonne Meusburger of Austria 7-6 (8-6), 6-1; Romanian Ioana Raluca Olaru beat Czech Lucie Hradecka 6-2, 2-6, 6-1; and Czech Petra Kvitova beat German Andrea Petkovic 6-1, 6-4.

This week's top seeds are Italian Flavia Pennetta, Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska and Belgian teenager Yanina Wickmayer.

Radwanska was last week's Beijing runner-up to Russian star Svetlana Kuznetsova. Wickmayer was a U.S. Open semifinalist last month.

Serbian Ana Ivanovic defeated Russian Vera Zvonareva in last year's Linz finale, but neither woman is competing here this year.