American
Robby Ginepri's miserable 2006 campaign rolled in and out of Houston Monday when the No. 3 seed was ousted in the opening round of the U.S. Men's Claycourt Championships 6-4, 6-4 by Spaniard Al Montanes.
Ginepri dropped his win-loss to 2-10 in 2006.
"If I could put my finger on it, I'd be winning some matches," Ginepri told reporters. "I thought I played a good match, but it (hurts) to go down again. But he was playing very well. He stung me on a lot on drop shots."
No. 5
Tommy Haas, the lone other seed in action, moved into the second round with an impressively-easy 6-1, 6-4 win over Spaniard
Oscar Hernandez.
Other winners were Austrians
Oliver Marach (d. Marin) and
Jurgen Melzer (d. Minar, bagel in the second), and German
Tomas Behrend (d. Sabau in three).
Tuesday highlights include (WC)
Mardy Fish vs. (8)
Juan Monaco, (1)
Andy Roddick vs. Chile's
Paul Capdeville, (Q) Anthony Dupuis vs. (2)
James Blake who will try and put a halt to a three-match losing skid, and an all-qualifier in American
Scoville Jenkins vs. Russian
Igor Kunitsyn.
