FEZ, Morocco (AP) Dinara Safina routed American Jill Craybas 6-1, 6-0 Tuesday at the Grand Prix Sar in Morocco.
Safina struggled with her first serve, landing only 38 percent. But she converted five of her seven break points to wrap up the victory in 51 minutes.
Safina will play either eighth-seeded Alize Cornet of France or Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic.
Other first-round winners at the clay-court tournament included Nadia Lalami of Morocco, Eleni Daniilidou of Greece and Anastasia Pivovareva of Russia.
Top-seeded Aravane Rezai of France will play Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands later Tuesday.