BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -Second-seeded Alize Cornet of France defeated Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-1 Tuesday in the first round of the Budapest Grand Prix.
Cornet, the defending champion, took a 4-2 lead in the first set, and finished off the match by winning the last four games in the second.
Cornet will face Shahar Peer of Israel in the second round. Peer defeated Irina Begu of Romania 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
Third-seeded Sybille Bammer of Austria also had an easy win, beating Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-3.
Bammer's opponent in the second round will be Romania's Edina Gallovits.
Fourth-seeded Agnes Szavay of Hungary defeated compatriot Katalin Marosi 6-1, 6-1 and will meet Tathiana Garbin of Italy for a place in the quarterfinals.
Two seeded players, Sara Errani of Italy and Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic, were eliminated in the first round.
Qualifier Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland defeated the seventh-seeded Errani 5-7, 6-4, 6-0, while No. 8 Safarova lost to Petra Martic of Croatia, 7-6 (5), 6-0.
Top-seeded Patty Schnyder of Switzerland will play her first-round match on Wednesday.
