Seeded Russians Ekaterina Alexandrova (No. 2) and Anastasia Potapova (No. 5) cruised in straight sets on Wednesday at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz.Alexandrova advanced with a 6-3, 6-0 win over German Jule Niemeier and Potapova defeated Italy's Sara Errani 6-4, 6-3.Eighth-seeded Petra Martic of Croatia lost in three sets to Czech Katerina Siniakova 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.Other winners included Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Dayana Yastremska and Jodie Burrage.Thailand OpenThird-seeded Xinyu Wang of China advanced in straight sets but fellow countrywoman and No.
5 Xiyu Wang lost 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to Hungary's Dalma Galfi.Xiyu Wang won just 64.2 per cent of her first serves vs. 77.6 per cent for Galfi.No.
7 seed and Kazakhstani Yulia Putintseva defeated Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic 7-6 (0), 7-6 (1).Diana Shnaider advanced when Spain's Paula Badosa retired in the second set.