(MENAFN- Kora) Knapp ranked 50th in the world was beaten by south africa's chanelle scheepers 6-3 7-6 (7-4) at the wta international event in bogota colombia.italy's knapp has just three main-draw wins on the wta tour in 2014 from nine events played.
scheepers will take on alexandra panova in the second round on the clay surface after the russian outgunned france's kristina mladenovic 6-1 4-6 6-2.
sixth seed vania king moved into the last 16 seeing off first-round opponent tadeja majeric 6-1 7-5.
king of the united states next faces either russia's alla kudryavtseva or argentine wildcard maria irigoyen.
eighth seed lourdes dominguez lino of spain was a comfortable 6-2 6-4 victor over brazil's teliana pereira.
next up for dominguez lino is one of american qualifier sachia vickery or colombian wildcard yuliana lizarazo.
lucky loser irina khromacheva smashed a wayward olivia rogowska 6-2 6-2 with the australian serving up 12 double faults in just eight service games.
russia's khromacheva only entered the main draw at the last minute on monday after canada's sharon fichman withdrew due to gastro.
khromacheva will face one of second seed sloane stephens or colombia's mariana duque-marino in the second round.
joining fichman in the casualties was belarus' olga govortsova who pulled out of her spot in the draw due to a left knee injury.
replacing her was lucky loser sofia shapatava of georgia.
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