Patty Schnyder defeated Belgium Kirsten Flipkens in straight sets 6-4 6-1 in her first round match in Proximus diamond games. Patty played a perfect first round to defeat the Belgian home favorite.

Buoyed by the home crowd, in the first set the Belgian was able to follow Patty, but in the second set, Patty played well and the Swiss handed Flipkens only one game: 6-4 and 6-1

In the 2nd round Patty will play either Tatiana Golovin or Katarina Srebotnik.

Other players that reached the second round include Anna Chakvetadze, Michaella Krajicek and Dinara Safina

Patty always played well in Antwerp and reached at least the quarterfinals every year since the tournament’s launch in 2002.

Patty will play her 2nd round match most probably on wednesday.