Top-seeded Nadia Petrova breezed through the first round at The MPS Group Championships at Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida with a 6-2 6-4 win over Olga Govortsova.

Petrova won 76 percent of her first-serve points, and was only tested briefly when Govortsova broke and held in the second set to pull the game level at 4-4 from 4-2.