Mixed day for Paris seeds

Francesca Schiavone and Shahar Peer both cruised into the second round of the Open GDF Suez in Paris on Tuesday but their fellow seed Virginie Razzano crashed out.

Italian fourth seed Schiavone barely raised a sweat as thrashed Russian qualifier Vesna Manasieva 6-0 6-0 while Israeli No.6 seed Peer had to work a little harder but eased through 6-4 6-1 against Frenchwoman Alize Cornet.

Swiss Patty Schnyder upset Cornet's seventh-seeded compatriot Razzano 6-3 7-6 (7-3), while Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova crushed Czech Iveta Benesova 6-1 6-0.

Benesova's countrywoman Lucie Safarova tamed Austrian Tamira Paszek 6-0 6-3, German Andrea Petkovic downed Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik 7-5 6-2 and American Melanie Oudin thumped Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-3 6-0.

Italian Tathiana Garbin had to come from behind to see off Romanian qualifier Ioana Raluca Olaru 3-6 6-2 6-4 but Croatian qualifier Karolina Sprem fared better as she defeated Swiss Timea Bacsinszky 7-5 6-1.

Meanwhile Vera Zvonareva led the way as three seeds safely negotiated the first round of the Pattaya Open on Tuesday.

Russian Zvonareva, the top seed, beat Ksenia Pervak 6-3 6-2 and was joined in round two by fourth seed Yaroslava Shvedova and eighth seed Julia Goerges.

Shvedova overcame Ayumi Morita 6-2 6-4 while Goerges saw off qualifier Anna Gerasimou 6-4 6-4.

Home favourite Tamarine Tanasugarn cruised past Alla Kudryavtseva for the loss of three games but her fellow Thai Varatchaya Wongteanchai lost out 4-6 6-3 6-3 to Kai-Chen Chang, as did Suchanun Viratprasert against Sesil Karatantcheva and Nudnida Luangnam against Ekaterina Bychkova.

Italian Alberta Brianti did advance with a 6-4 4-6 6-1 defeat of New Zealand's Sacha Jones.