Hewitt Survives, 3 Seeds Exit at ATP Las Vegas

Mayer ripped off three consecutive games after an hour-long rain delay to capture the first set. In the second set Hewitt went on a five-game tear, and in the third fought back from a break down.

"It was frustrating," Hewitt said. "With the weather, we could've been in for a long night or coming back tomorrow. You're in two different mind-sets, but it was tough for both of us."

Before Monday it had rained in Vegas on only two days in 2006, now there has been rain on Monday with a 60 percent chance of showers again Tuesday.

"I'm suing the city of Las Vegas," Tournament Director Steve Bellamy joked to the Las Vegas Journal-review during the delay.

The event lost another high-profile seed when Memphis winner Tommy Haas pulled Monday citing a shoulder injury.

No. 4 seed Robby Ginepri's match with fellow American Paul Goldstein was suspended due to rain at one-set all, while failing to escape upsets were No. 6 Gael "Force" Monfils, losing in straights to Jonas Bjorkman, and No. 8 Fernando "Hot Sauce" Verdasco, ousted in three sets by German Philipp Kolhschreiber.

Unseeded winners into the second round Monday were Dane Kenneth Carlsen (d. Zib) and Belgian Xavier "X-Man" Malisse (d. Mirnyi in three).

The final round of qualifying was also completed with the final four onto the main Vegas dance floor in Paul Capdeville (CHI), Prakash Amritraj (IND), Kristian Pless (DEN), and Sargis "Sarge" Sargsian (ARM).

Scheduled for Tuesday are (WC) B.Bryan vs. (WC) Querrey in an all-American, (Q) Sargsian vs. (2) Kiefer, (WC) Fish vs. (Q) P.Amritraj, (4) Ginepri vs. Goldstein (to finish), Murray vs. (3) Robredo, (5) Blake vs. Srichaphan, Tursunov vs. (LL) Luczak, (Q) Capdeville vs. Spadea, Soderling vs. Benneteau, Sanguinetti vs. Karlovic, and (Q) Pless vs. Hernych.