Title contender Daniela Hantuchova [Images] sailed into the second round of the US $175,000 WTA Sunfeast Open in Kolkata on Wednesday, as Indians had a bad outing in both singles and doubles.
Promising Indian teenager Tara Iyer bowed to the experience of world No 69 Flavia Pennetta, losing 3-6, 1-6 in the first round.
Slovakia's Hantuchova, who arrived in the city in the wee hours on Wednesday, did not give any indication of fatigue as she took only 62 minutes to storm past polish qualifier Marta Domachowska 6-2, 6-1 at the Netaji Indoor stadium.
On the doubles court, the Indian pair of A Shrivastava and Kyra Shroff got a 1-6, 1-6 battering from the Italian-Ukrainian combination of Alberta Brianti and Maria Koryttseva, while Ankita Bhambri and Rushmi Chakravarthi finished on the wrong side of an identical scoreline against the United States' Vania King and Russian Alla Kudryavtseva.
The other marquee player of the tournament, Russian fourth seed Maria Kirilenko, overcame stiff second set resistance before prevailing over Ekaterina Ivanova 6-1, 6-4 to move into the pre-quarter-finals.
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