GSTAAD, July 6: Wimbledon champion Roger Federer took just 46 minutes to beat Tomas Behrend 6-1 6-1 in the first round of the Swiss Open on Tuesday.
Federer showed no signs of fatigue despite playing just two days after retaining his Wimbledon crown with victory over American Andy Roddick.
After arriving in the Alpine resort late on Monday, the Swiss world number one comfortably moved into the second round of the tournament, where he finished runner-up last year.
In other matches on Tuesday, second seed Juan Carlos Ferrero was upset by Austria's Stefan Koubek 7-6 6-4, while fifth seed Andrei Pavel of Romania was beaten by Switzerland's Davis Cup captain Marc Rosset 7-6 6-4.
Ferrero, the 2003 French Open champion and a claycourt specialist, struggled on the clay at Gstaad and lost the first set tiebreak 7-4 before he was broken in the second set. Ferrero's compatriot David Ferrer progressed into the second round with a 2-6 6-3 6-4 victory over Tomas Berdych.
Third-seed Rainer Schuettler also progressed with a 6-4 1-6 6-3 victory over Michel Kratochvil, fellow German Florian Mayer was a 7-5 6-3 winner over Spaniard Albert Portas, while Spain's Felix Mantilla beat Belgium's Christophe Rochus 3-6 6-2 6-4.
FIRST ROUND RESULTS
Roger Federer (Switzerland) bt Tomas Behrend (Germany) 6-1 6-1; Marc Rosset (Switzerland) bt Andrei Pavel (Romania) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4; Florian Mayer (Germany) bt Albert Portas (Spain) 7-5 6-3; Stefan Koubek (Austria) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4; David Ferrer (Spain) bt Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 2-6 6-3 6-4; Rainer Schuettler (Germany) bt Michel Kratochvil (Switzerland) 6-4 1-6 6-3; Felix Mantilla (Spain) bt Christophe Rochus (Belgium) 3-6 6-2 6-4
GAUDIO IMPRESSES
BASTAD: French Open champion Gaston Gaudio cruised into the second round of the Swedish Open with a 6-3 6-1 win over Russian Nikolay Davydenko on Tuesday. He was joined in the second round by compatriot Mariano Zabaleta, the eighth seed and champion, who took advantage of the windy conditions to beat Sweden's big-serving Joachim Johansson 6-4 6-3.
Spanish fifth seed Tommy Robredo had a tougher match in his 4-6 7-5 6-4 victory over Argentine Agustin Calleri.
RESULTS
Rafael Nadal (Spain) bt Jiri Vanek (Czech Republic) 4-6 6-4 6-3; Mariano Zabaleta (Argentina) bt Joachim Johansson (Sweden) 6-4 6-3; Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) bt Luis Horna (Peru) 6-3 6-2; Santiago Ventura (Spain) bt Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden) 6-2 6-2; Tommy Robredo (Spain) bt Agustin Calleri (Argentina) 4-6 7-5 6-4; Gaston Gaudio (Argentina) bt Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 6-3 6-1; Kristof Vliegen (Belgium) bt Arnaud Di Pasquale (France) 6-4 6-2; Filippo Volandri (Italy) bt Guillermo Canas (Argentina) 4-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-4. -Reuters
