Unseeded former French Open champion Al Costa, bothered by a chronic knee injury, took another step toward retirement in 2006 with an opening-round loss to unheralded Serb
Boris Pashanski 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Monday at the ATP claycourt stop in Valencia.
Seeded players went two-for-two on the day with winners (2)
Gaston Gaudio (d. Sluiter in two tiebreaks) and (7)
Fernando Verdasco (d. A.Martin).
Other un-seeded into the second round were German
Florian Mayer (d. (WC) Burniol, bagel in the first) and Spaniard Guillermo "G-Lo" Garcia-Lopez (d. Feliciano "G-Lo" Lopez).
Highlights of Tuesday play on the dirt in Valencia are (1) Davydenko vs. Hernych, and defending champ (5) Andreev vs. (WC) Safin in an all-Russian.
