Top Seed Johansson Bumped in Opener at ATP Nottingham

Swede Thomas Johansson will have plenty of time for rest and relaxation before Wimbledon next week after his shock exit Monday from the ATP grasscourt stop in Nottingham, beaten 7-6(6), 6-7(11), 6-4 by Czech Jan Vacek, who lost in the tournament qualifying then gained main draw acceptance as a "lucky loser."

Vacek, who blew two match points in the second-set tiebreak before eventually closing things out, had not won a tour-level match since this time last year.

"Someone is going to get hurt on it in these conditions," said Johansson, a semifinalist last year at Wimbledon, unhappy with the Nottingham grasscourts.

Seeded winners Monday were (2) Dominik "The Dominator" Hrbaty (d. Wang, bagel in the first) and (7) Paradorn "The Thai Fighter" Srichaphan (d. (Q) Udomchoke).

Unseeded players into the second round were Frenchman Gilles Simon (d. (Q) Kunitsyn), Serb qualifier Janko Tipsarevic (d. (WC) Bloomfield in three), and Italian Andreas Seppi (d. Wawrinka in three).

Highlights of Tuesday play are (5) Tursunov vs. (WC) Murray, Gasquet vs. (Q) Navarro Pastor, (WC) Bogdanovic vs. Mirnyi, and (6) Mathieu vs. Vanek.