Sesil Karatancheva and Alisa Kleybanova both made winning WTA Tour debuts on the first day of the Pacific Life Open.
Karatancheva, 14, defeated Alexandra Stevenson 6-2 2-6 6-1 while Kleybanova, also 14, saw off Croatia's Jelena Kostanic 2-6 6-0 7-5.
"I am so excited this is something I really wanted to do," said Karatancheva of Bulgaria.
Kleybanova now plays 10th seed Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi while Karatancheva moves on to face 17th seed Magui Serna.
"I have no idea who that is," said Karatancheva , when told she would be playing Serna.
"It doesn't matter to me who I play. I play the way I know I can that is good enough for me."
Benesova won her first WTA Tour title in Acapulco last week
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Iveta Benesova also reached the second round in Indian Wells on Wednesday, beating Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6-3 2-6 6-0.
The Czech, who won her first WTA Tour title in Acapulco last week, had to go through the qualifying round to get into the 96-player main draw.
America's Laura Granville beat Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand, while France's Tatiana Golovin was too good for Japan's Shinobu Asagoe.
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