Daniela Hantuchova admitted she had not fully recovered from last week's victory in Thailand as she crashed out of the Dubai Duty Free.
Pattaya Open winner crashes out in the desert
Daniela Hantuchova admitted she had not fully recovered from last week's victory in Thailand as she crashed out of the Dubai Duty Free.
The Slovakian defeated world number three Vera Zvonareva on the way to her first title in four years in the Pattaya Open on Sunday, but was below her best as she went out 6-1 6-3 to Anna Chakvetadze of Russia.
"It felt like I didn't have much energy on the court," she said after requiring on-court treatment. "I was trying and I know the tennis was not very pretty.
"I was trying my best... physically, it was just impossible today."
Chakvetadze's reward is a date with top seed Caroline Wozniacki, who received a bye through the first round.
Sara Errani, who lost in the Pattaya Open final, had little trouble in overcoming Slovak qualifier Zuzana Kucova 6-1 6-4 and was joined in the second round by fellow Italian Flavia Pennetta, who beat Jelena Dokic in straight sets.
Security
Shahar Peer, who 12 months ago was inspired to reach the semi-finals as the first Israeli athlete to compete in the United Arab Emirates, claimed a 6-4 6-1 win over Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain.
The ninth seed, like last year, will be escorted by security throughout the tournament and when selected media were led discreetly to her secret shelter she talked a typically buoyant match.
"Obviously I played good here last year, so always when you go back to a tournament that you played good, you want to repeat it. You feel very comfortable in that place," she said.
"But I don't know if I'm going to go that deep (through the draw). Maybe I'm going to go deeper, which I wish I would. But I think today I was a bit nervous at the beginning, and I need to get match by match and try my best."
Romanian Alexandra Dulgheru, who ousted Britain's Elena Baltacha in the first round, is next up with the winner likely to face second seed Li Na.
Disappointment
There was disappointment for a couple of seeds on Tuesday, Petra Kvitova and Ana Ivanovic both falling at the first hurdle.
Kvitova, the 13th seed, failed to build on her triumph over world number one Kim Clijsters in the final of the Open GDF Suez two days ago, the Czech left-hander putting in a lethargic display in going down 7-6 (7/2) 7-6 (7/3) to Japan's Ayumi Morita.
"Well, I think everything was bad for me," said Kvitova. "I was tired and I felt everything.
"I couldn't serve too much because I'm feeling the muscle in the stomach. I was slow and tired, so it was tough to play."
Former French Open champion Ivanovic, the 14th seed, lost 4-6 7-6 (7/2) 6-2 to Swiss veteran Patty Schnyder.
