TORONTO - Kazakhstan qualifier Galina Voskoboeva provided the Rogers Cup women's draw with its first upset of the tournament.
Voskoboeva eliminated ninth-seeded Marion Bartoli of France 6-3, 6-3 in first-round action Monday.
Voskoboeva, 26, is ranked 135th in the world and came into the match fresh off a semifinals appearance at the inaugural Baku Cup in Azerbaijan. Her career-best ranking was No. 64 in February 2009.
Bartoli, making her eighth visit to the Rogers Cup, struggled with her serve, giving her opponent four double-fault points.
Earlier on Monday, Samantha Stosur opened on centre court at the Rexall Place with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Japan's Ayumi Morita.
The 10th-seeded Australian was making her second appearance at the tournament after reaching the quarter-finals in 2009.
Stosur will meet the winner of Tuesday's match between Aleksandra Wozniak of Blainville, Que., and Shahar Peer of Israel.
Russia's Nadia Petrova also advanced after downing Australia's Jarmila Gajdosova 6-1, 6-2.
Vancouver's Rebecca Marino was to meet Russia's Ekaterina Makarova in a late match.
