Kohlschreiber, Beck Through at Stuttgart

Homecountry favorites through to the second round were Philip Kohlschreiber (d. (Q) Brzezicki from a set down) and 6-foot-3 left-handed wildcard Andreas Beck (d. Di Mauro), while Germans on the down side were wildcard teenager Aljoschon Thron (l. to Zabaleta), Florian Mayer (l. to Seppi), and wildcard Tobias Summerer (l. to Monaco).

"I'm not ready for this level yet," Thron said. "I just don't have the experience. You can see by the break points -- I think I had 10 of them."

German qualifier Simon Greul was at one-set all with Tomas Zib when the match was halted due to darkness.

Also safely into the second round were Spain's Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (d. Koubek) and Frenchman Gilles Simon (d. Montanes from a set down).

Scheduled for Tuesday on the red dirt are (WC) Waske vs. Haehnel, (Q) Greul vs. Zib (to finish), Nieminen vs. Burgsmuller, Schuettler vs. (Q) Vicente, Kuerten vs. (Q) Armando, A.Costa vs. (Q) "Julio &" Galo Blanco, Almagro vs. Fernando "Hot Sauce" Verdasco in an all-Spanish, Gael "Force" Monfils vs. "You Say" Potito Starace, Zabaleta vs. (9) Olivier "The Roach" Rochus, (Q) Berlocq vs. Sabau, and (8) Volandri vs. Simon.