Britain's Lorna Woodroffe fought off an injury scare and went on to set up a second-round meeting with US start Jennifer Capriati in the DFS Women's Tennis Classic at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
From 5-2 up in the first, Woodroffe dropped her service twice in a row, clearly hampered by the leg injury, but recovered well to go a set up with a flashing forehand volley.
Woodroffe, from Epsom, Surrey, kept the British flag flying and boosted her hopes of receiving more wild cards for the big Eastbourne event next week and Wimbledon a week later but her compatriots Lucie Ahl and Julie Pullin both went out.