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Srichaphan starts well

BEIJING: Sixth-seeded fan favourite Paradorn Srichaphan dispatched German Rainer Schuettler 6-3, 6-3 in the opening round of the China Open on Monday as all seeded players breezed through the first day of matches.

The Thai broke Schuettler in the eighth game of the second set and served out the match for the win on the opening night of the third edition of the China Open, the nation's biggest tennis tournament.

His strong ground strokes kept the 86th ranked German on his heels on the fast surface at the Beijing Tennis Center, where the sparse opening-night crowd cheered him on at every point.

In an earlier match, fifth seed Dominic Hrbaty dispatched South Africa's Rik De Voest 6-1, 6-0.

Widjaja advances

At Nusa Dua, Indonesia, Indonesia's Angelique Widjaja beat American Sunitha Rao 6-3, 6-4 to enter the second round of the Wismilak International on Monday

Widjaja, who won the tournament as a 16-year-old in 2001, missed 15 months of competition after suffering a right knee injury that required her to twice undergo surgery.

The results:

At Beijing (ATP China Open): First round: Yeu-Tzuoo Wang bt Xin-Yuan Yu 6-1, 6-4; Hyung Taik Lee bt Igor Kunitsyn 6-3, 6-4; Dominik Hrbaty bt Rik de Voest 6-1, 6-0; Danai Udomchoke bt Marco Chiudinelli 0-6, 6-2 6-3; Stefano Galvani bt Yen-Hsun Lu 6-3, 7-6(4); Kevin Kim bt Kristian Pless 6-2, 6-4; Paradorn Srichaphan bt Rainer Schuettler 6-3, 6-3.

At Bali (WTA Wismilak International): First round: Angelique Widjaja bt Sunitha Rao 6-3, 6-4.

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