BEIJING: Romanian third seed Irina-Camelia Begu dismissed Lara Arruabarrena of Spain 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the WTA Shenzhen Open on Monday.
The world number 31 disposed of her rival in an hour and 26 minutes at the $427,000 tournament in the southern Chinese boom town.
Her compatriot Monica Niculescu, the fourth seed, lost the first set against Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova but eventually prevailed 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.
But eighth seed Annika Beck of Germany fell at the first hurdle, going out to American Alison Riske, who won 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 in two hours and 19 minutes, by far the longest match of the day.
The top two seeds, double Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic and Poland's top-rated Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat her to win the WTA Finals in Singapore in November, begin their campaigns on Tuesday.
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