SportsLine wire reports

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Anna Kournikova made nearly everyone do a double take.

She served 23 double faults and she still won her first-round match at the Australian Open.

"I turned the match on myself to see if it was still happening, if it was possible," No. 1 seed Lindsay Davenport said Wednesday. "It has to be mental. I mean, something is definitely wrong technically with the serve but to miss them as badly as she does, I don't know what is going on. She definitely needs to change it soon."

KOURNIKOVA, THE NO. 12 SEED, BEAT Jill Craybas of East Greenwich, R.I., 7-6 (7-1), 7-5 Tuesday, advancing to a second-round matchup against Miho Saeki of Japan. She made 62 double faults in her last three matches and had 56 in her last three in 1998, all losses.

"I feel bad for her," Davenport said. "I mean, she is not like one of my greatest friends, but I think you feel badly for anybody who goes through that. It definitely has to be embarrassing."

Davenport said she would not offer Kournikova any advice, but Kournikova could expect to get it from defending singles champion Martina Hingis if the 17-year-old serves badly when the two start doubles play.

"Martina is not going to let her double fault that many times," Davenport said. "Martina wants to win."

Hingis and Kournikova, the No. 3 seed, opened doubles Wednesday by routing Eva Melicharova and Julie Pullin 6-3, 6-0.