Anne Keothavong caused an early upset at the WTA Cellular South Cup in Memphis by knocking out sixth seed Kristina Barrois.
The British number three, who reached the semi-finals of the tournament last year, triumphed 6-1 6-3 against her German opponent.
Next up for the 26-year-old will be Portuguese teenager Michelle Larcher de Brito, who saw off American qualifier Madison Brengle 6-3 6-3.
Former world number one Maria Sharapova is also through to the second round after dropping just two games against American Shenay Perry.
The top seed, who was eliminated in the first round of the Australian Open last month, needed just 51 minutes to win the night match in front of a full house.
Russian Sharapova has played just once before in Memphis, making it through to the semi-finals six years ago.
Third seed Kaia Kanepi of Estonia saw off Holland's Arantxa Rus 6-0 6-4, though there was better news for the Dutch with Michaella Krajicek defeating German Julia Schruff.
Qualifier Valerie Tetreault of Canada made it beyond the opening round with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Romanian Monica Niculescu
Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson - another qualifier - beat Poland's Marta Domachowska 5-7 6-4 6-3, while Croatian wild card Ajla Tomljanovic also advanced by seeing off Slovakia's Kristina Kucova.
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