Kirilenko rolls in Seoul opener

Kirilenko leveled helpless Slovakian Lenka Wienerova 6-2, 6-0 on Day 2 at the Olympic Tennis Courts. Kirilenko was last year's runner-up here to American superstar Venus Williams, who is not defending her title this week.

Kirilenko was joined in the second round by fellow seeds Kaia Kanepi and Yung- Jan Chan, as a third-seeded Kanepi, of Estonia, held off Japanese qualifier Rika Fujiwara 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-0 and an eighth-seeded Chan, of Taipei, overcame Italian Mara Santangelo 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Upsets occurred when Czech Klara Zakopalova took out fourth-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4 and Aussie Samantha Stosur stifled seventh-seeded Marina Erakovic of New Zealand 6-2, 6-0.

American Jill Craybas crushed Chinese lucky-loser Meng Yuan 6-0, 6-0, while Russian Ekaterina Makarova mauled Austrian Tamira Paszek 6-1, 6-2.

Additional opening-round wins came for Japanese qualifier Ayumi Morita, Russian qualifier Anastasia Pivovarova, the aforementioned Safarova and Canadian qualifier Stephanie Dubois.

On Wednesday, second-seeded Israeli Shahar Peer will meet Morita in a second- round affair.

The 2008 Seoul champion will claim $22,900.