BASTAD, Sweden(AP) Fifth-seeded Sorana Cirstea beat wild card Johanna Larsson 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the first round of the Swedish Open on Monday.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova also advanced to the second round of the clay-court WTA tournament, coming from one set down to defeat Jill Craybas 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in a rain-delayed match.
Carla Suarez Navarro, Alla Kudryavtseva and Gisela Dulko also reached the second round.
Eighth-seeded Iveta Benesova was playing Urszula Radwanska in the final singles game of the day later Monday.
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki will play her first match Tuesday.