4th seed Yanina Wickmayer, 7th seed Channelle Scheepers and 8th seed Sorana Cirstea were among the winners on Sunday in the first round of the WTA Texas Tennis Open.
However fifth seed Klara Zakopalova fell in the first round.
18 year old Canadian junio Eugenie Bouchard and 29 year old veteran Mirjana Lucic were mong those who qualified for the main draw. Bouchard was this year's junior Wimbledon champion.
Singles - First Round
(4/WC) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Heather Watson (GBR) 63 64
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. (5) Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 60 76(2)
(7) Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 60 62
(8) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. (WC) Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 76(2) 64
Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 16 76(3) 62
Arantxa Rus (NED) d. Romina Oprandi (SUI) 75 64
Polona Hercog (SLO) d. Kiki Bertens (NED) 64 ret. (right abdominal injury)
(WC) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d. Alexandra Panova (RUS) 46 61 61
Singles Qualifying - Final Round
(5) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d. (1) Melinda Czink (HUN) 64 62
(2) Pauline Parmentier (FRA) d. (7) Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) 75 64
(3) Mirjana Lucic (CRO) d. Elizabeth Lumpkin (USA) 61 64
(4) Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. (8) Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) 62 61