Doha Open tournament Fifth seed Patty Schnyder defeated Aravane Rezai of france in 3 sets 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 to move into the tournament’s second round.

Quotes from Pattty after today’s match:

“The first match is always a bit difficult, but I think overall I played well”.

“Rezai played quite well in the second set and I had problems with my serve.”

Patty will now play Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues, a surprise 3-6 6-3 6-2 winner over American Meghann Shaughnessy in the second round. Patty has played Anabel Medina Garrigues twice before and the series is tied 1-1. Last time they played is in 2005 Berlin Open on a clay court and Patty won this match in two tough sets 7-6(2) 6-4.

Other players advanced to the next round are Kateryna Bondarenko, Maria Kirilenko,Eleni Daniilidou, Maria Elena Camerin and Alicia Molik.

Patty will play her second round match on Thursday.