seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy crushed Slovakia's Lenka Jurikova 6-1, 6-0 to advance to the second round of the Budapest Grand Prix Tuesday. Vinci will next face Timea Babos of Hungary, who beat Anna Remondina of Italy 6-3, 7-6 (4). Second-seeded Sara Errani of Italy downed Romania's Madalina Gojnea 6-3, 6-1. Two seeded players lost. Eva Birnerova rallied past No. 4 Lucie Hradecka 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in an all-Czech match, and Slovakia's Zuzana Kucova upset No. 6 Mathilde Johansson of France 7-6 (2), 7-5. Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland, Ukrainian duo Lesia Tsurenko and Kateryna Bondarenko, Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia, and Estrella Cabeza Candela of Spain also advanced to the second round. Isner advances In Rhode Island, top-seeded John Isner beat Karol Beck 6-3, 6-2 in the first round at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. Isner entered the tournament on a wild-card entry after No. 1 seed and defending champion Mardy Fish withdrew when he was selected for the United States Davis Cup team. After Fish withdrew, Isner took over the grass-court tournament's No. 1 seed by virtue of his No. 46 overall ranking in the world, which is the highest of any competitor in Newport this week. A No. 1 has never won the title in the 35 years of the tournament. Isner won the longest match in the history of tennis last year at Wimbledon, outlasting Nicolas Mahut in 11 hours, 5 minutes. ‘Djokovic deserves No. 1' Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic's rise to become the top-ranked player in the world is good for tennis, according to the only player who has beaten him this year. Roger Federer said Tuesday that Djokovic — whose record is 48-1 in 2011 — has earned his success. “He deserves to become No. 1 after an immense start to the year,” said third-ranked Federer, who defeated the 24-year-old Serb in the French Open semifinals. “When you lose so rarely, your confidence carries you a long way.” The 29-year-old Federer said it wasn't a big surprise that Djokovic dethroned Rafael Nadal after having beaten the former top-ranked Spaniard in four previous finals in 2011. “And he's proved before at Wimbledon that he can play on grass,” Federer said ahead of Friday's start to Switzerland's Davis Cup tie against Portugal. “It's good for tennis that it happened.”
