Neither, however and unsurprisingly were the Williams sisters. Serena beat
Corina Morariu, who is still recovering from Leukaemia, whilst Venus
unleashed a 6-0 6-0 defeat on Mirjana Lucic.

Third seed Capriati was ruthless in her demolition of 17-year old Bethanie
Mattek, 6-0 6-0. Afterwards she said that she had no sympathy for the
teenager.

Fourth seed Lindsay Davenport; making her return to Grand Slam action
secured a comfortable win. Another recent injury victim, Jelena Dokic, cast
aside fears about her injury defeating Greta Arn in 51 minutes. Monica
Seles, who has also missed tournaments lately, won her match. Finally
Martina Hingis struggled but overcame Marissa Irvin 6-3 5-7 6-4.

The Belgian girls all enjoyed success. Henin won 6-1 6-2, Els Callens, 6-0
2-6 6-1 and finally Kim won 6-1 6-0.

In the big upset of the round Angelique Widjaja defeated Anna Kornikova 6-3 6-0 to maintain Anna's 100% grand slam record for this year: Four grand slams, four first round exits.

Amongst the seeds to fall were Anne Kremer (19), Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
(25), Alexandra Stevenson (31) and Eleni Daniilidou (28). All other seeds
won.

First round results in full:
Janette Husarova (Svk) bt Maria Geznenge (Bul) 6-0 7-5
(8) Justine Henin (Bel) bt Samantha Reeves (USA) 6-1 6-2
(12) Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Saori Obata (Jpn) 6-2 6-4
Denisa Chladkova (Cze) bt Melien Tu (USA) 6-0 6-4
Bea Bielek (USA) bt Renata Voracova (Cze) 6-4 6-4
(15) Anastasia Myskina (Rus) bt Marta Marrero (Spa) 4-6 6-4 6-0
(27) Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) bt Barbara Rittner (Ger) 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 6-2
(4) Lindsay Davenport (USA) bt Eva Dyrberg (Den) 6-2 6-1
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt (19) Anne Kremer (Lux) 7-6 (7-3) 6-2
Cara Black (Zim) bt Maria Emilia Salerni (Arg) 6-3 6-7 (8-10) 6-4
Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) bt Laura Granville (USA) 6-3 6-4
Petra Mandula (Hun) bt Miriam Oremans (Ned) 4-6 6-4 6-2
Rossana Neffa-De Los Rios (Par) bt Ludmila Cervanova (Svk) 6-1 6-4
(24) Iva Majoli (Cro) bt Ashley Harkleroad (USA) 6-3 6-2
Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Ansley Cargill (USA) 3-6 6-1 6-1
(5) Jelena Dokic (Yug) bt Greta Arn (Ger) 6-2 6-2
Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt (25) Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spa) 6-3 6-1
Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) bt Ally Baker (USA) 4-6 6-2 7-6 (7-3)
Els Callens (Bel) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita) 6-0 2-6 6-1
Elena Bovina (Rus) bt Clarisa Fernandez (Arg) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (8-6)
(20) Daja Bedanova (Cze) bt Alina Jidkova (Rus) 6-1 6-3
Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzb) bt Adriana Serra-Zanetti (Ita) 6-0 6-0
Virginie Razzano (Fra) bt Mariana Diaz-Oliva (Arg) 7-5 6-1
Angelique Widjaja (Ina) bt Anna Kournikova (Rus) 6-3 6-0
Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Rita Grande (Ita) 7-6 (7-5) 6-1
Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) bt Sarah Taylor (USA) 6-3 4-6 6-2
(22) Tatiana Panova (Rus) bt Lilia Osterloh (USA) 6-1 6-1
(11) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Nicole Pratt (Aus) 6-2 6-1
(13) Silvia Farina Elia (Ita) bt Brie Rippner (USA) 6-1 6-4
(26) Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Maja Matevzic (Slo) 6-3 7-6 (7-4)
Stephanie Foretz (Fra) bt (31) Alexandra Stevenson (USA) 6-4 5-7 6-3
(1) Serena Williams (USA) bt Corina Morariu (USA) 6-2 6-3
(7) Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Conchita Martinez-Granados (Spa) 6-1 6-0
Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Swi) 6-3 6-3
Myriam Casanova (Swi) bt Jelena Kostanic (Cro) 6-4 6-3
Mashona Washington (USA) bt Gala Leon Garcia (Spa) 6-4 6-3
Amy Frazier (USA) bt Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) 6-3 6-3
Cristina Torrens-Valero (Spa) bt Angelika Roesch (Ger) 7-6 (7-1) 6-3
(18) Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt Mi-Ra Jeon (Kor) 6-3 6-3(17)

Anna Smashnova (Isr) bt Marie-Gaiane Mikaelian (Swi) 7-6 (7-1) 6-4
Amanda Coetzer (Rsa) bt Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (9-7)
Henrieta Nagyova (Svk) bt (28) Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 7-5 4-6 7-5
Alicia Molik (Aus) bt Patricia Wartusch (Aut) 6-4 6-0
(21) Lisa Raymond (USA) bt Jennifer Hopkins (USA) 6-4 6-3
(10) Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze) 6-3 6-2
(14) Chanda Rubin (USA) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-1 6-3
Antonella Serra-Zanetti (Ita) bt Angeles Montolio (Spa) 1-6 6-2 6-4
Conchita Martinez (Spa) bt Marlene Weingartner (Ger) 6-2 6-1
(9) Martina Hingis (Swi) bt Marissa Irvin (USA) 6-3 5-7 6-4
(2) Venus Williams (USA) bt Mirjana Lucic (Cro) 6-0 6-0
(29) Barbara Schett (Aut) bt Asa Svensson (Swe) 6-3 6-2
Martina Muller (Ger) bt Maret Ani (Est) 6-2 6-2
(6) Monica Seles (USA) bt Zsofia Gubacsi (Hun) 6-3 6-3
Barbara Schwartz (Aut) bt Silvija Talaja (Cro) 6-4 4-6 6-2
Yoon-Jeong Cho (Kor) bt Magui Serna (Spa) 6-3 6-4
Anca Barna (Ger) bt Alexandra Podkolzina (Rus) 6-1 6-2
Emilie Loit (Fra) bt Shinobu Asagoe (Jpn) 6-4 7-6 (11-9)
Magdalena Maleeva (Bul) bt Kveta Hrdlickova (Cze) 6-3 3-6 7-5
(3) Jennifer Capriati (USA) bt Bethanie Mattek (USA) 6-0 6-0
(30) Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) bt Wynne Prakusya (Ina) 6-3 6-4
(32) Paola Suarez (Arg) bt Mary Pierce (Fra) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3
(23) Patty Schnyder (Sui) bt Nadia Petrova (Rus) 7-6 (8-6) 5-7 6-2
Tina Pisnik (Slo) bt Sandra Cacic (USA) 6-2 6-2
Martina Sucha (Svk) bt Adriana Gersi (Cze) 6-1 5-7 6-0