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| July 19, 2007 | Thursday | Rajab 03, 1428 |
Gonzalez, Nalbandian crash out on day of upsets
LOS ANGELES, July 18: American Zack Fleishman produced the biggest upset of the Los Angeles Classic when he knocked out top seed Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 7-6, 6-4 in the opening round on Tuesday.
The 27-year-old, ranked 162 in the world, from nearby Santa Monica edged the first set 7-5 on a tiebreak and broke his opponent in the third game of the second before sealing the biggest victory of his career in one hour and 17 minutes.
Earlier, Igor Kunitsyn played the best tennis of his career to stun fourth seed David Nalbandian 7-6, 7-5.
Second-seeded James Blake won his opening encounter 7-5, 6-4 against Alexander Peya.
Sixth-seeded wildcard Mardy Fish ended an eight-match losing streak by beating his doubles partner Sam Querrey 7-5, 6-4, and Vince Spadea eased past Thiago Alves 7-6, 6-2.
Tuesday’s results (prefix number denotes seeding):
First round: Zack Fleishman (US) beat 1-Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; 2-James Blake (US) beat Alexander Peya (Austria) 7-5, 6-4; Robert Kendrick (US) beat Wesley Whitehouse (South Africa) 6-4, 6-3; Paul Goldstein (US) beat Adrian Garcia (Chile) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4; George Bastl (Switzerland) beat Ilija Bozoljac (Serbia) 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3; 6-Mardy Fish (US) beat Sam Querrey (US) 7-5, 6-4; Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) beat 4-David Nalbandian (Argentina) 7-6 (7-5), 7-5; Wesley Moodie (South Africa) beat Kei Nishikori (Japan) 6-3, 6-2; Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) beat Alex Bogdanovic (Britain) 6-1, 0-0 – Bogdanovic retired; Vince Spadea (US) beat Thiago Alves (Brazil) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2; Ricardo Mello (Brazil) beat Phillip King (US) 6-4, 6-2.
STUTTGART (Germany): World No 2 Rafael Nadal returned to his beloved claycourt surface on Tuesday and brushed aside Germany's Alexander Waske 6-1, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Stuttgart ATP tournament.
With second seed Tommy Robredo having lost on Monday, Tomas Berdych and defending champion David Ferrer are now Nadal's main rivals.
Fourth seed Ferrer, who picked up the title in Bastad on Sunday, continued his run of good form on clay as he enjoyed a 6-2, 6-2 win over qualifier Lukas Lacko and will now meet fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco.
Third seed Berdych had no problems breezing into the second round with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Nicolas Lapentti.
Guillermo Canas won the first set against Stanislas Wawrinka, but was forced to retire after the first game of the third set with a thigh injury.
Tuesday’s results:
First round: 6-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) beat Gaston Gaudio (Argentina) 6-1, 6-2; Diego Hartfield (Argentina) beat Jan Hajek (Czech Republic) 6-4, 6-2; 1-Rafael Nadal (Spain) beat Alexander Waske (Germany) 6-1, 6-1; Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (9-7), 6-4; Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) beat Simon Greul (Germany) 6-1, 6-2; Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat 5-Guillermo Canas (Argentina) 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 1-0 – Canas retired; 4-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Lukas Lacko (Slovakia) 6-2, 6-2; 3-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Nicolas Lapentti (Ecuador) 6-1, 6-1; 7-Juan Ignacio Chela (Argentina) beat Max Mirnyi (Belarus) 6-3, 6-3; Stefan Koubek (Austria) beat Jose Acasuso (Argentina) 6-2, 7-5; 8-Juan Monaco (Argentina) beat Jan Hernych (Czech Republic) 6-2, 6-1.
AMSTERDAM: Nikolay Davydenko suffered his second successive first-round exit after Florent Serra fought back from a set down to upset the top seed 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 at the Amersfoort Open on Tuesday.
The world No 5 was defeated in the first round of last week's Swiss Open by another Frenchman, Gael Monfils.
Second seed Mikhail Youzhny overcame Martin Vassallo Arguello 6-2, 7-5, while third seeded Carlos Moya hit nine aces to brush aside Christophe Rochus 6-2, 6-3.
Tuesday’s results:
First round: Raemon Sluiter (Netherlands) beat Luis Horna (Peru) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3; Florent Serra (France) beat 1-Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; 3-Carlos Moya (Spain) beat Christophe Rochus (Belgium) 6-2, 6-3; Werner Eschauer (Austria) beat 7-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) 7-6 (7-1), 6-4; Thiemo de Bakker (Netherlands) beat Nicolas Massu (Chile) 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-5); Steve Darcis (Belgium) beat 8-Marc Gicquel
(France) 6-3, 6-4; Igor Andreev (Russia) beat Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) 6-1, 6-1; Sergio Roitman (Argentina) beat Jeremy Chardy (France) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1; 2-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) beat Martin Vassallo Arguello (Argentina) 6-2, 7-5; 4-Filippo Volandri (Italy) beat Oscar Hernandez (Spain) 6-2, 6-4.
CINCINNATI (Ohio): Top seed Anna Chakvetadze got off to a quick start at the Women’s Open hardcourt tournament on Tuesday, downing Tatiana Poutchek 6-4, 6-0 in the first round.
The 20-year-old Chakvetadze, ranked eighth in the world, next plays qualifier Anda Perianu, who defeated Melinda Czink 6-3, 6-2.
Second-seeded Patty Schnyder also won her first-round match against Monique Adamczak 6-2, 7-5.
Schnyder's next opponent will be Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, who beat Catalina Castano, 6-2, 6-4.
In an early upset, Anna Tatishvili defeated fifth-seeded Aiko Nakamura 1-6, 6-4, 7-6.
Tuesday’s results:
First round: Olga Govortsova (Belarus) beat Alina Jidkova (Russia) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; 2-Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) beat Monique Adamczak (Australia) 6-2, 7-5; Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Anastasia Rodionova (Russia) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 – Rodionova retired; 1-Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) beat Tatiana Poutchek (Belarus) 6-4, 6-0; 6-Elena Vesnina (Russia) beat Angelika Bachmann (Germany) 6-3, 6-4; Jill Craybas (US) beat Alexa Glatch (US) 6-2, 6-4; Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Netherlands) beat Catalina Castano (Colombia) 6-2, 6-4; Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzbekistan) beat Connie Hsu (China) 6-1, 6-3; Anda Perianu (Romania) beat Melinda Czink (Hungary) 6-3, 6-2; Anna Tatishvili (Georgia) beat 5-Aiko Nakamura (Japan) 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4); Varvara Lepchenko (Uzbekistan) beat Kirsten Flower (US) 6-2, 6-2; Bethanie Mattek (US) beat Iryna Kuryanovich (Belarus) 6-1, 6-3.—Agencies
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