TIANJIN, China — U.S. Open champion Flavia Pennetta lost in the first round of the Tianjin Open on Tuesday.
The top-seeded Italian lost to Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine 6-3, 7-5.
Second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska and third-seeded Karolina Pliskova made it to the second round. Radwanska beat Olga Savchuk 6-1, 6-0 and Pliskova defeated Kristina Kucova 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Ying-Ying Duan, Bojana Jovanovski, Timea Babos, Danka Kovinic and Urszula Radwanska also won their opening matches.