Results from the first day of the WTA at Strasbourg on Wednesday (x denotes seed): 2nd rd Yulia Putintseva (KAZ x4) bt Jil Teichmann (SUI) 2-0 - retired Barbora Krejcikova (CZE x5) bt Caroline Garcia (FRA) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS x3) bt Clara Burel (FRA) 6-3, 6-4 Arantxa Rus (NED) bt Harmony Tan (FRA) 6-1, 1-1 - retired afp