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Sabine Lisicki and Serena Williams were among three former champions winning their openers in Charleston on Tuesday - who was the third? Bethanie Mattek-Sands showed impressive recovery.

Petra Kvitova made a new friend at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, while Day 1 of the new WTA season took place with the first wave of qualifying matches for the Brisbane International.

Serena and Venus Williams were 64 60 winners in doubles at the US Open. Also advancing were top seeds Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond.

Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova led a parade of seeds into the US Open second round. The Williams sisters also advanced.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova overcame heat exhaustion to defeat Vania King and reach the final of the Citi Open on Friday.

Vania King secured her second quarterfinal berth of the year with a three set win over Irina Falconi in Washington, DC.

Catch up on all the WTA news from the past seven days, including a marathon win for Marion and a scoop on tennis' latest romance.

All three seeded teams in action on Sunday posted comfortable wins to complete the line-up for the doubles quarterfinals.

Lauren Davis is one of 10 Americans into the second round, with two more to play on Tuesday.

The first round kicked off at the Estoril Open on Monday. Vania King regrouped and moved on.