Carla Suarez Navarro had few problems claiming her place in the second round of the Generali Ladies in Linz.

She beat Katerina Srebotnik 6-2, 6-4.

The Spanish fourth seed broke her Slovenian opponent seven times before securing victory in 73 minutes.

Poland's Urszula Radwanska also progressed with a 7-6 (8/6) 6-1 win over Austrian wild card Yvonne Meusburger.

Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic was a 6-1 6-4 winner against Germany's Andrea Petkovic in another first-round contest.

Ioana Raluca Olaru was made to work hard for her place in the next round, the Romanian overcoming Lucie Hradecka 6-2 2-6 6-1.