Second seed Sabine Lisicki made swift progress at the Pattaya Open, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova.

Germany's Lisicki cruised through the first set without dropping a game against Amanmuradova before the Uzbek retired hurt.

Anna Chakvetadze was made to work harder against Jill Craybas, eventually prevailing in three sets.

Chakvetadze won 6-1 3-6 6-3 in a match that lasted nearly two hours.

Home favourite Noppawan Lertcheewakarn put up a good fight against Chanelle Scheepers before going down 6-7 (9/11) 6-4 6-4.