KEY POINTS:
Kiwi Leanne Baker and Australian doubles partner Nicole Kriz won their first round match at the Tier3 US$180,000 WTA event at Acapulco, Mexico.
They beat a Mexican duo, Erika Clarke and Daniela Munoz, 6-4, 6-1 to set up a quarter-final clash with Spaniards Lourdes Domingues and Arantxa Parra.
At a US$75,000 event in Las Vegas, Marina Erakovic and Czech player Renata Voracova beat second seeds Ekaterina Bychova(Russia) and Emma Laine (Finland) in the first round 6-3, 6-2.