The seeds went 2-for-2 Tuesday at the ATP stop in Halle, where No. 5
Tomas Berdych defeated German qualifier
Benjamin Becker, and No. 6
Tommy Haas beat
Gilles Simon, both in straight sets.
Highlights among the unseeded players were former No. 1
Marat Safin downing France's
Florent Serra, and last year's Nottingham grasscourt title winner
Richard Gasquet defeating qualifier
George Bastl, the answer to the trivia question 'Who was the last player to beat Pete Sampras at Wimbledon?'
Other unseeded winners were France's
Fabrice Santoro (d. Youzhny), Swiss qualifier
Marco Chiudinelli (d. C.Rochus), and German
Florian Mayer (d. countryman Phau 7-6 in the third).
Homecountry favorite
Nicolas Kiefer pulled from the event with a wrist injury.
Scheduled for Wednesday in Halle are Clement vs. (LL) Pless, (1) Federer vs. (Q) Bopanna, (8) Vliegen vs. (Q) Chiudinelli, and Mayer vs. (3) Nieminen.
