Li Na and Angelique Kerber advance at Eastbourne WTA event

Li Na advanced to the second round at Eastbourne on Tuesday, beating Alize Cornet of France 6-2, 6-4.

The second-seeded Chinese player will next play 2011 champion Marion Bartoli of France.

Play was suspended at 3-2 in the second set when a spectator in the stands collapsed.

There were also victories for third-seeded and 2012 runner-up Angelique Kerber of Germany, who defeated Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-4, fourth-seeded Czech Petra Kvitova, who dismissed Romanian Monica Niculescu 6-4, 6-1 and fifth-seeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki, who advanced leading 6-2, 2-2 when defending champion Tamira Paszek of Austria retired with a left-thigh injury.