PATTAYA, Thailand, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Top seed Tatiana Panova of Russia, seeking her first career title, cruised Tuesday into the second round of the Volvo Women's Open by routing qualifier and counrtywoman Maria Kirilenko, 6-1, 6-0.
The 26-year-old Panova reached the finals at Auckland and Sarasota and advanced to the third round at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.
Russian Anastassia Rodionova recorded the first upset in this Tier V hardcourt tournament, defeating German fourth-seed Anca Barna, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Frenchwoman Stephanie Cohen Aloro ousted Yuliana Fedak 6-1, 7-5, in a matchup of qualifiers and lucky loser Sandra Kleinova of the Czech Republic cruised past Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine, 6-3, 6-3.
In the only other matches Tuesday, Japan's Shinobu Asagoe beat Russian Olga Kalyuzhnaya, 6-3, 6-1; and Poland's Magdalena Grzybowska overcame Libuse Prusova of the Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
