The ATP claycourt stop in Costa Do Sauipe, Brazil, lost two seeds Tuesday when homecountry favorite
shocked former No. 1 and French Open champion
beat back French No. 4 seed
3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Seeded winners into the second round Tuesday were (1)
Gaston Gaudio (d. (LL) Portas in three), (3)
Filippo Volandri (d. K.Kim 6-0 in the third), (5)
Juan Ignacio Chela (d. (Q) Gimeno-Traver), (6)
Nicolas Massu (d. Daniel), (7) Al Martin (d. Horna), and (8)
Boris Pashanski (d. Behrend in three).
Unseeded winners into the second round were Argentina's
Juan Monaco (d. countryman (Q) Del Potro), Brazilian wildcard
Andre Ghem (d. three-time Roland Garros champ Kuerten from a set down), French qualifier
Olivier Patience (d. Sabau), Spanish qualifier
Nicolas Almagro (d. (WC) Sa), and Italian
Potito Starace (d. (LL) Navarro Pastor in three).
Kuerten was playing his first match after multiple injuries since last year's US Open.
Set for Wednesday on the dirt are (1) Gaudio vs. (Q) Olivier "All We Need is Just a Little" Patience, (WC) Ghem vs. (7) A.Martin, (WC)
Ricardo Mello "Yello" vs. (8) Pashanski, (Q) Almagro vs. Saretta, (3) Volandri vs. Vanek, (6) Massu vs. Vicente, Juan "The Principality" Monaco vs. (4) Serra, and (5) Chela vs. "You Say" Potito Starace.
