Starace, Fognini advance in Hamburg
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July 21, 2010, Wednesday
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SPANISH qualifier Pere Riba rallied to upset last year's runner-up Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 1-6, 6-0, 6-3 on Monday for a spot in the second round of the German Open in Hamburg.
Italian duo Potito Starace and Fabio Fognini also reached the second round, posting straight-sets wins.
Starace defeated German qualifier Bjorn Phau 7-5, 6-0. Fognini beat Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain 7-6 (4), 6-4.
In other games, Florian Mayer of Germany beat Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay 6-4, 6-1, and Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina defeated Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. Rochus' brother Christophe also lost, going out 6-3, 7-6 (6) to Jarkko Nieminen of Finland.
Others who advanced included Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic, Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan and Florent Serra of France.
In Georgia, sixth-seeded Mardy Fish of the United States beat James Ward of Great Britain 6-1, 6-2 in the first round of the Atlanta Championships.
No. 8 seed Benjamin Becker of Germany was beaten 3-6, 3-6 by Michael Russell, who at 32 is the oldest American ranked in the ATP top 100 world rankings.
Fish earned his fourth career title - and his first on grass - on July 10 at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island. Winning the tournament moved Fish's world ranking up 30 spots to 49th. After taking a couple of days to rest, Fish practiced late last week on hardcourts for the first time since March. He won 21 of his 25 potential points on first serve.
In other singles matches, Rainer Schuettler of Germany beat Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia 6-1, 6-4. Illya Marchenko of Ukraine defeated Belgium's Kristof Vliegen 6-4, 7-6 (4), and American Rajeev Ram held off Karol Beck of Slovaki 6-4, 7-6 (4).
In Austria, Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania rallied to beat Kathrin Woerle of Germany 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Gastein Ladies.
Olaru, who lost to Germany's Andrea Petkovic in last year's final, served 11 double faults but converted her seventh match point. Woerle has yet to win a singles match on the WTA Tour this season.
Alize Cornet of France routed Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-0 to set up a second-round match against either the top-seeded Petkovic or Iveta Benesova.
Earlier, Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine saved a match point before beating Tatjana Malek of Germany 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Italian duo Potito Starace and Fabio Fognini also reached the second round, posting straight-sets wins.
Starace defeated German qualifier Bjorn Phau 7-5, 6-0. Fognini beat Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain 7-6 (4), 6-4.
In other games, Florian Mayer of Germany beat Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay 6-4, 6-1, and Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina defeated Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. Rochus' brother Christophe also lost, going out 6-3, 7-6 (6) to Jarkko Nieminen of Finland.
Others who advanced included Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic, Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan and Florent Serra of France.
In Georgia, sixth-seeded Mardy Fish of the United States beat James Ward of Great Britain 6-1, 6-2 in the first round of the Atlanta Championships.
No. 8 seed Benjamin Becker of Germany was beaten 3-6, 3-6 by Michael Russell, who at 32 is the oldest American ranked in the ATP top 100 world rankings.
Fish earned his fourth career title - and his first on grass - on July 10 at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island. Winning the tournament moved Fish's world ranking up 30 spots to 49th. After taking a couple of days to rest, Fish practiced late last week on hardcourts for the first time since March. He won 21 of his 25 potential points on first serve.
In other singles matches, Rainer Schuettler of Germany beat Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia 6-1, 6-4. Illya Marchenko of Ukraine defeated Belgium's Kristof Vliegen 6-4, 7-6 (4), and American Rajeev Ram held off Karol Beck of Slovaki 6-4, 7-6 (4).
In Austria, Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania rallied to beat Kathrin Woerle of Germany 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Gastein Ladies.
Olaru, who lost to Germany's Andrea Petkovic in last year's final, served 11 double faults but converted her seventh match point. Woerle has yet to win a singles match on the WTA Tour this season.
Alize Cornet of France routed Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-0 to set up a second-round match against either the top-seeded Petkovic or Iveta Benesova.
Earlier, Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine saved a match point before beating Tatjana Malek of Germany 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-2.
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