Katowice - Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska has eased into the second round of the Katowice Open on Tuesday with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium.
The ninth-ranked Radwanska now faces another Belgian, An-Sophie Mestach, who defeated Polish wild card entrant Magdalena Frech 6-2, 6-1.
The home-court advantage didn't help Radwanska's younger sister, Urzula, who was beaten 6-0, 6-1 by Russia's Elizaveta Kulichkova.
Results from the second day of the WTA Katowice Open on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):
First round:
Klara Koukalova (CZE) bt Petra Martic (CRO) 6-2, 6-4
Magda Linette (POL) bt Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4
Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS) bt Urszula Radwanska (POL) 6-0, 6-1
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x7) bt Annika Beck (GER) 6-4, 6-1
Carina Witthoeft (GER) bt Tereza Smitkov (CZE) 6-2, 6-2
An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) bt Magdalena Frech (POL) 6-2, 6-1
Kaia Kanepi (EST x5) bt Shahar Peer (ISR) 6-1, 6-2
Katerina Siniakov (CZE) bt Mara-Teresa Torr-Dlor (ESP) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x1) bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6-1, 6-3
Anna Karolna Schmiedlov (SVK x8) bt Nigina Abduraimova (UZB) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1