NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) - Italian fifth seed Francesca Schiavone and China's ninth seed Peng Shuai led the charge Monday into the second round of the Bali Open.

Schiavone, who made a major impact the last time she played here in 2005 when she reached the final before falling to Lindsay Davenport, enjoyed an easy return to the tropical island, crushing local hope Sandy Gumulya, 6-2, 6-0.

Peng outclassed Japan's Ayumi Morita 6-2, 6-1 while Chinese compatriot Meng Yuan, who often gets overshadowed by her more illustrious teammate, rallied from a set down to topple Kazakh wild card Yaroslava Shvedova, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.

Her reward is a second round encounter with Swiss veteran and second seed Patty Schnyder.

In another first round match, Poland's Marta Domachowska ended the short-lived hopes of Indonesia's Lavinia Tananta, 6-2, 6-3.

Elsewhere, Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova set up a showdown with Schiavone by whipping Indonesian qualifier Ayufani Damayanti 6-2, 6-1 and Tamira Paszek of Austria beat Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) in straight sets.

Slovakia's top seed Daniela Hantuchova received a bye into the second round and plays either Ukraine's Olga Savchuk or Alla Kudryavtseva, the Russian who sensationally upset Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon.

Third seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy, hot off her first Grand Slam quarter-final at the US Open, gets her tournament underway on Tuesday.