Melzer wins 11 straight games
KITZBUEHEL, Austria -- Second-seeded Juergen Melzer of Austria won 11 straight games Tuesday to beat Frederico Gil of Portugal 6-3, 6-0 in the first round of the Austrian Open.
Need the scores from any match played in today's tournaments? Melzer, ranked a career-best No. 26, will next play 2006 champion Agustin Calleri of Argentina in the clay-court tournament.
Oscar Hernandez of Spain upset fourth-seeded Fabrice Santoro of France 6-2, 6-3, and Stefan Koubek of Austria defeated Philipp Petzschner of Germany 7-6 (8), 6-4. Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina rallied to beat Marc Gicquel of France 5-7, 6-3, 6-0.
Also, Julien Benneteau of France defeated eighth-seeded Dudi Sela of Israel 7-5, 6-1, and Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain downed Mario Ancic of Croatia 6-4, 6-3.
Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko withdrew earlier Tuesday with a muscle injury in his left leg. Paul Capdeville of Chile replaced the 10th-ranked Russian and lost 6-3, 6-2 to Diego Junqueira of Argentina.
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