Showing no signs of the breathing difficulties which caused her to withdraw from last week's Marsh Apawamis Open in Rye, third seed Tania Bailey romped to a straight games win over Malaysia's Sharon Wee in the first round of the Harrow Women's Greenwich Open at the Field Club in Greenwich, USA.

The 27-year-old from Lincolnshire in England prevailed 9-3, 9-4, 9-3, and will now take on England team-mate Jenny Duncalf for a place in the semi-finals. Seventh seed Duncalf took four games to overcome New Zealand's world No14 Shelley Kitchen 9-3, 9-2, 4-9, 9-0.

Vanessa Atkinson put her shock first round loss in Rye behind her as she beat New Zealand qualifier Jaclyn Hawkes 9-3, 9-6, 3-9, 10-8. The top seed from the Netherlands now meets local star Natalie Grainger, the fifth seed from Washington DC who needed five games to wear down England's unseeded Laura-Jane Lengthorn 8-10, 9-7, 9-4, 3-9, 9-2.

1st round:
[1] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt [Q] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) 9-3, 9-6, 3-9, 10-8
[5] Natalie Grainger (USA) bt Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG) 8-10, 9-7, 9-4, 3-9, 9-2
[3] Tania Bailey (ENG) bt Sharon Wee (MAS) 9-3, 9-4, 9-3
[7] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt Shelley Kitchen (NZL) 9-3, 9-2, 4-9, 9-0
[8] Alison Waters (ENG) bt [Q] Latasha Khan (USA) 9-1, 9-0, 9-7
[4] Madeline Perry (IRL) bt Engy Kheirallah (EGY) 9-0, 9-6, 9-7
[6] Vicky Botwright (ENG) bt [Q] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) 9-2, 9-2, 9-4
[2] Natalie Grinham (AUS) bt [Q] Samantha Teran (MEX) 9-0, 9-7, 9-2