Three seeds advanced into the second round Monday at the ATP dirt stop in Umag, the Croatia Open, in (3)
Guillermo Coria (d. (Q) Krajan in three), (5)
Jiri Novak (d. Montanes), and (8)
Filippo Volandri (d. (WC) Tuskar).
Czech
Lukas Dlouhy scored the only upset on the day, grinding down No. 9 seed Al Martin, who was elevated to an extra seeded position after
Rafael Nadal pulled citing a "knee injury."
Other un-seeds into the second round were Belgian
Kristof Vliegen (d. (WC) Cilic), Spanish qualifier
Albert Portas (d. Vanek 1-and-0), and Serb qualifier Llia Bozoljac (d. Aldi).
On the dirt Tuesday in Umag features three former French Open champions in (WC) "Guga" Kuerten vs. (3) Robredo, (7) Ferrero vs. Nieminen, Ulihrach vs. (6) Moya, Vicente vs. (Q) Ionita, (4) Ferrer vs. "You Say"
Potito Starace, Calatrava vs. Djokovic, (LL) Alan "Cold" MacKin vs. Mantilla, D.Norman vs. Tipsarevic, and O.Hernandez vs. Guillermo "G-Lo" Garcia-Lopez.
