Top-seeded
Nikolay Davydenko baked a bagel against Czech
Tomas Zib 6-3, 6-0, while No. 4 seed
Dmitry Tursunov was sent home by Argentine qualifier
Juan Monaco 7-6(4), 6-2 in opening-round play Tuesday at the ATP claycourt stop in Poertschach.
Other seeded winners Tuesday were (7)
Luis Horna (d. Moodie) and (8)
Gilles Simon (d. (Q) T.Popp).
Unseeded winners into the second round were Italian
Andreas Seppi (d. Dlouhy), Austrian
Oliver Marach (d. Spadea), Luxembourg's
Gilles Muller (d. (Q) Azzaro), and Spain's (Q)
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (d. N.Lapentti from a set down).
Highlights for Wednesday in Poertschach are (8) Simon vs. Marach, Gasquet vs. Melzer, (1) Davydenko vs. (Q) Ramirez Hidalgo, Novak vs. (5) Chela, Starace vs. (6) Almagro, and (7) Horna vs. Seppi.
