Two Seeds Uprooted in Amersfoort

Spanish No. 7 seed Oscar Hernandez (l. to Ventura in three) and No. 8-seeded German Tomas Behrend (l. to D.Sanchez) failed to clear the first hurdle Monday at the ATP claycourt stop in Amersfoort where the tour's dirtballers are looking to vacuum up the few remaining claycourt points available before the hardcourt events dominate the U.S. summer season.

Seeds through to the second round on Monday were No. 2 Fernando Gonzalez (d. Vliegen) and No. 4 Christophe Rochus (d. Tabara from a set down).

Other un-seeds into the second round were Czechs Robin Vik (d. N.Lapentti) and Jiri Vanek (d. D.Norman from a set down).

The singles qualifying was also completed, with Julien Benneteau (FRA), Juan Antonio Marin (CRC), Radim Zitko (CZE), and Nicolas Thomann (FRA) into the main draw.

On tap for Tuesday on the tempestuous terre battue are (WC) Van Gemerden vs. (WC) Van Scheppingen in an all-Van all-Dutch-wildcard encounter, (Q) Thomann vs. (3) Massu, (5) Luis "Me So" Horna vs. "Everybody Loves" Raemon Sluiter, (WC) Korteling vs. (6) Hanescu, (Q) Marin vs. Aldi, (Q) Julien "United Colors of" Benneteau vs. Calleri, (LL) Roitman vs. Calatrava, (Q) Zitko vs. Daniele "Choppin'" Bracciali, and Minar vs. Serra.