Gaudio, Moya Lead Dirt Winners at Acapulco

Former French Open champs Gaston Gaudio and Carlos Moya led the seeded winners into the second round of play Monday at the ATP claycourt stop in Acapulco, while the women's seeds posted a 3-1 record on opening day.

The No. 2-seeded Gaudio straight-setted Spanish qualifier Al Portas, while the No. 3 Moya was forced to battle from a set down against Mexican wildcard Miquel Gallardo Valles.

Un-seeds into the second round on the red clay were Puerto Rican qualifier Juan Antonio Marin (d. (6) Serra in three), German Tomas Behrend (d. Vanek in three), Spaniard Al Montanes (d. (WC) Del who retired with a wrist injury), Brazil's Marcos Daniel (d. K.Kim) and Romanian Razvan Sabau (d. Starace after getting bageled in the first).

Seeded winners struggling to victory on the women's side were (2) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (d. Brandi 6-1 in the third), (5) Catalina Castano (d. Martinez Granados in three), and (6) Iveta Benesova (d. Kanepi from a set down).

Unseeded women into the second round Monday were Czech Katerina Bohmova (d. (8) Asagoe in three), Maret Ani (d. (WC) Torres Sandoval) and Emmanuelle Gagliardi (d. Mattek, bagel in the third).

Scheduled Tuesday for the women are Munoz Gallegos vs. Smashnova, Pennetta vs. Serra Zanetti, Koukalova vs. Gubasci, Loit vs. Dulko, Tienne vs. Parra Santonja, Diaz-Oliva vs. Shaughnessy, Garbin vs. Dominguez Lino, Pous Tio vs. Sanchez Lorenzo, Sromova vs. Martinez Sanchez, and Gussoni vs. Ondraskova.

On tap Tuesday for the men on the red dirt are Monaco vs. (7) Chela in an all-Argentine, (1) Coria vs. (Q) Di Mauro, (WC) S.Gonzalez vs. (5) Acasuso, (8) Massu vs. Berlocq, Horna vs. Dlouhy, A.Martin vs. (4) Volandri, Calleri vs. N.Lapentti, Pashanski vs. Minar, and in an all-Spanish match-up (Q) Almagro vs. Vicente.