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Top seed Caroline Wozniacki eased into the second round of the KDB Korea Open with a 6-1 6-2 victory over Arantxa Rus.
The world number 11 needed a little over an hour to see off her Dutch opponent in Seoul.
Wozniacki will now face French qualifier Caroline Garcia in the second round after the 18-year-old beat Alexandra Cadantu 6-2 6-3 to progress.
Estonian third seed Kaia Kanepi secured a comfortable path into the second round as she secured a comfortable win over wildcard Han Sung-hee, losing only one game to the South Korean.
Last year's beaten finalist Galina Voskoboeva will be waiting for Kanepi in the next round after also easing past a wildcard, with the Kazakhstani beating Hyun Hui Hong 6-1 6-2.
Julia Goerges was the only seeded player to fall at the first-round stage on Tuesday as she was sent packing by Spain's Silvia Soler-Espinosa.
Goerges took the first set 6-1 with a commanding display before losing the next two 7-6 (7/5) 6-2.
Soler-Espinosa's reward for her hard-fought comeback is a second-round tie with Kiki Bertens, who beat Vania King in straight sets.
Varvara Lepchencko, Klara Zakopalova and Ekaterina Makarova - the other seeded players in action - all progressed with only Zakopalova dropping a set.
There were also wins for Magdelana Rybarikova, qualifier Jamie Hampton and Anabel Medina Garrigues
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