Top seeded Eugenie Bouchard and seventh seeded Karolina Pliskova are the only seeded players left to advance to the second round of the Generali Ladies Linz in Austria on Thursday.

Recently promoted World No. 6 Bouchard won over Austrian wild card Patricia Mayr-Achleitner in two straight sets 6-4 6-1.

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The 20-year-old Canadian star will next face Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria who defeated another Austrian wild card entry Lisa-Maria Moser 6-2 6-3.

Bouchard had a stellar performance this year, reaching the semifinals of both the Australian and French Open but made a major breakthrough when she took on Petra Kvitova in the finals of the Wimbledon Championships.

Bouchard's first and only WTA title came in May of this year in Germany where she defeated Czech Republic's Pliskova in three sets.

Pliskova, 22, is the second seeded player to advance to the second round of the tournament.

The recent Korea Open champion defeated Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium in straight sets 6-2 6-4.

Pliskova, will now face German Mona Barthel who won over Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands in two sets 6-3 6-1.

Pliskova is runner-up to Sabine Lisicki at the recent Hong Kong Open who bowed out of the tournament after a three-set loss against Karin Knapp of Italy 5-7 6-2 6(1)-7(7).

Second seeded Ana Ivanovic is the third seeded player to advance to the second round but withdrew from the tournament due to hip injury.

Third seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia continued her downward spiral as she lost to German qualifier Anna-Lena Friedsam in three sets 6-2 3-6 4-6.

Cibulkova, 25, had a fantastic beginning of the year; reaching the finals of the Australian Open where she lost to China's Li Na and collecting her fourth WTA Title in Mexico.

Fourth seeded Andrea Petkovic lost her match in just two sets against Italian Camila Giorgi 6-3 6-2.

The 22-year-old Giorgi also won her second round matchup Wednesday against Tunisian qualifier Ons Jabeur 6-3 6-2.

Giorgi will face Marina Erakovic of New Zealand in the quarterfinals who defeated eighth seeded Caroline Garcia in the first round.

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