Ferrero reaches second round
UMAG, Croatia -- Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated Christophe Rochus of Belgium 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday in the first round of the Croatia Open.
Need the scores from any match played in today's tournaments? The fifth-seeded Spaniard is playing in his first tour event since reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals last month.
Fourth-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria also advanced, defeating Brian Dabul of Argentina 6-3, 7-5.
Fabio Fognini of Italy rallied to beat eighth-seeded Mischa Zverev of Germany 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, and Frederico Gil of Portugal topped Sergio Roitman of Argentina 7-5, 6-2.
Seventh-seeded Italian Andreas Seppi also advanced, ousting Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina in three sets, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
Another Italian, Simone Bolelli, needed nearly 2½ hours to defeat qualifier Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-0.
Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay ousted Croatian wild card Ivan Dodig 6-3, 6-1.
Potito Starace of Italy won 6-1, 6-3 over Grega Zemlja of Slovenia, who played as a replacement because Simon Greul of Germany withdrew after fainting.
Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko and No. 2 David Ferrer are scheduled to play Wednesday.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
