Top-seeded Silvia Farina Elia was unceremoniously dumped out in the first round of play Tuesday at the WTA stop in Portoroz, ousted by German
Vanessa Henke who had not won a tour-level match in 2005 entering the event.
"It was not my day," Farina Elia said. "Besides, it was cold and windy."
No. 5 seed
Marion Bartoli was another upset victim, upset by 23-year-old Estonian Maret ani in straight sets.
Seeded winners on the day were (2)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (d. Pironkova), (3)
Kveta Peschke (d. Sucha, bagel in the second) and (7)
Iveta Benesova (d. (Q) Vrljiv).
Unseeded players advancing into the second round were Slovenia's (WC) Masa Zec Peskiric (d. (Q) Prusova), Czech
Zuzana Ondraskova (d. (WC) Klepac in three), Greek
Eleni Daniilidou (d. Pin in three), German qualifier
Angelika Bachmann (d. (Q) Szavay) and German countrywoman
Sandra Kloesel (d. Kurhajcova in three), France's
Severine Bremond (d. Kostanic in two tiebreaks), and Russian
Ekaterina Bychkova (d. (LL) Schaul).
Suspended due to darkness was
Meilen Tu vs.
Selima Sfar.
Scheduled for Wednesday in Portoroz are Ondraskova vs. Vinci, Srebotnik vs. Bachmann, Koukalova vs. Kloesel, Bremond vs. Peschke, and Sfar vs. Tu (to finish).
