Hingis beat 18-year-old Alexandra Stevenson of San Diego 6-3, 6-4. Seles, who returned to the tournament after a seven-year absence, was also an easy winner over Elena Likhovtseva of Russia, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2.

``I came out pretty rusty,'' Seles said. ``I haven't been playing that much tennis in the last few weeks. I didn't feel too secure out there. I was lucky to win the first set.''

Also in the second round, No. 8 Nathalie Tauziat of France, outlasted Miho Saeki of Japan, 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3.

The biggest upset came when No. 9 Anna Kournikova lost to Italy's Silvia Farina, 7-6 (7-3), 1-6, 7-5, in first round action. The 17-year-old Russian star was hampered by the flu.

``I had a really difficult flu last week in Oklahoma,'' Kournikova said. ``I still didn't recover from it. I don't feel quite 100 percent physically.''

Eleventh seed Dominque Van Roost of Belgium was another first round upset victim. losing to Barbara Rittner of Germany, 0-6, 6-4, 6-3. Twelfth seed Sandrine Testud of France cruised to the second round by beating Maria Alejandra Vento of Venezuela, 6-1,6-1 and Lisa Raymond upset 15-seed Natasha Zvereva of Belarus, 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, in the first round.