LINZ, Austria (AP)—Second-seeded Daniela Hantuchova defeated Kateryna Bondarenko 6-1, 6-2 Wednesday to reach the second round of the Generali Ladies.
The Slovak, who won the event in 2007, is the highest-ranked player in the tournament after top-seeded Serena Williams withdrew with a foot injury.
Hantuchova converted six of eight break points to set up a match with Carla Suarez Navarro.
Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic cruised past Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-2, 6-0. The seventh-seeded Serb entered the event on a late wild card after Williams withdrew.
Sara Errani and Andrea Petkovic won in straight sets. Errani saved nine of 11 break points in defeating qualifier Renata Voracova 6-2, 6-2, while Petkovic routed Anne Keothavong 6-0, 6-3.
Errani will play Roberta Vinci, who ousted Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden, 6-4, 6-2.
The 36th-ranked Petkovic won the first 11 games before Keothavong, who was out for three weeks with a hip injury, avoided a whitewash.
Fifth-seeded Petra Kvitova beat Anastasia Rodionova after the Australian pulled out with a muscle strain in her left leg while trailing 6-2, 1-0.