Number one seed Timea Bacsinszky booked safe passage into the second round of the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem with a 6-4 6-2 win over Anna Blinkova in Rabat.
Fourth seed Irina-Camelia Begu is out after the Romanian lost 6-3 6-4 to Dutch lucky loser Richel Hogenkamp.
Great Britain's Laura Robson beat Ghita Benhadi of Morocco 6-1 6-1 to record a first WTA tour victory since 2013 following a comeback from wrist surgery two years ago.
Lesia Tsurenko, the seventh seed from Ukraine, is through after she defeated Silvia Soler Espinosa 6-4 6-0.
Source: PA
