BANGKOK, Oct 10: After a rain-drenched start, the PTT Bangkok Open got underway on Tuesday with former world number 11 Meghann Shaughnessy of the US moving into the second round, beating India's rising star Sania Mirza 6-4, 6-4.Shaughnessy will face Germany's Julia Schruff, who upset the world number 69 from Finland Emma Laine 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) on the second day of the WTA tournament.

Twenty-seven-year-old Shaughnessy began well, but the game looked close toward the middle of the first set with Mirza tying the score at 3-3.

However, the American broke Mirza's serve to establish a 5-3 lead and used her serving game to close the first set at 6-4.

In the second set, Shaughnessy broke the Indian in the opening game and eventually claimed a 6-4 victory.

Also on Tuesday, Thai number one Tamarine Tanasugarn beat Colombia's Catalina Castano 6-0, 7-6(7-5) in a match interrupted by rain.

Results:

First round: Sybille Bammer (AUT) bt Nicole Pratt (AUS) 6-1, 6-3; Meghann Shaughnessy (USA-x6) bt Sania Mirza (IND) 6-4, 6-4; Julia Schruff (GER) bt Emma Laine (FIN) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5); Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) bt Catalina Castano (COLx10) 6-0, 7-6 (7-5); Jamea Jackson (USA) bt Melinda Czink (HUN) 6-2, 6-3; Marta Domachowska (POL) bt Suchanan Viratprasert (THA) 6-4, 6-0; Lucie Safarova (CZE) bt Selima Sfar (TUN) 6-3, 6-3.

First-round results of Kremlin Cup in Moscow on Tuesday:

Men’s: Marat Safin (RUS) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-3, 6-4; Robin Vik (CZE) bt Jiri Novak (CZE) 6-4, 6-3; Arnaud Clement (FRA) bt Mischa Zverev (GER) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Daniele Bracciali (ITA) bt Fernando Verdasco (SPA x4) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 1-0 – retired; Julien Benneteau (FRA x6) bt Sergio Roitman (ARG) 6-3, 6-0; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x1) bt Jiri Vanek (CZE) 6-0, 6-0; Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) bt Rainer Schuettler (GER) 6-3, 6-2.

Women’s: Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3); Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) bt Dinara Safina (RUS x7) 6-1, 6-2; Iveta Benesova (CZE) bt Mara Santangelo (ITA) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Na Li (CHN) 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (13-11); Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) bt Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 6-3, 6-4.—AFP