Peer won the WTA stop in Guangzhou, China, Sunday and continued her strong play with a 6-1, 6-2 romp over Maret Ani. The match took just 59 minutes as Peer fired eight aces at Ani and had to deal with just one break-point situation.
No. 4-seeded Olga Govortsova was a 6-3, 6-2 winner over Arina Rodionova in the tournament's final first-round match of the hard-court tournament.
The second round began with top-seeded Yaroslava Shvedova's 7-5, 6-2 win over Ekaterina Ivanova behind six service breaks.
Wednesday's play saw an upset when No. 8-seeded Galina Voskoboeva started strong but fell 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (11-9) to Darya Kustova.
But fifth-seeded Stefanie Voegele, who topped Nigina Abduraimove 6-2, 5-7, 6-3; and No. 6-seeded Monica Niculescu, who defeated Evgeniya Rodina 6-1, 6-4, advanced to the third round.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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