seeded Stanislas Wawrinka was upset by German qualifier Benjamin Becker 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) Monday in the first round of the Swiss Indoors. The loss damaged Wawrinka's chances of qualifying for next month's Masters Cup in Shanghai. The 23-year-old Swiss is 11th in the standings, and only the top eight qualify. Eighth-seeded Mardy Fish of the United States also advanced, beating Agustin Calleri of Argentina, 7-6 (5), 6-2, while Feliciano Lopez of Spain defeated Swiss wild card Marco Chiudinelli 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7) and sixth-seeded Igor Andreev of Russia beat Juergen Melzer of Austria 7-6 (5), 7-5. Two-time defending champion Roger Federer, playing in his hometown, opens Tuesday against Bobby Reynolds of the United States. Robredo, Ferrero advance Fifth-seeded Tommy Robredo and Juan Carlos Ferrero advanced to the second round of the Lyon Grand Prix on Monday with straight-set wins. Robredo broke Michael Llodra of France once in each set to win 6-4, 6-3. Ferrero beat big-serving Sam Querrey 6-3, 7-5. The American failed to convert two break-point chances in the second set against Ferrero, the 2003 French Open champion. French wild card Josselin Ouanna also won, rallying to beat Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-4, and Belgian wild card Steve Darcis upset Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Julien Benneteau also advanced by beating Arnaud Clement 6-3, 6-2. Hrbaty routs Tursunov Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty thrashed Russian sixth seed Dmitry Tursunov 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the St. Petersburg Open on Monday. Hrbaty, runner-up here in 2000, will now face unseeded German Rainer Schuettler, who had little trouble dispatching Kremlin Cup winner Igor Kunitsyn of Russia 6-2, 6-3. On a bad day for the home nation, Evgeny Korolev, a cousin of Anna Kournikova, was dumped out by Romanian Victor Hanescu 6-1, 6-2. Russia's second seed Nikolay Davydenko takes on Australian Chris Guccione on Tuesday while top seed and last year's winner Briton Andy Murray begins his campaign against Serbia's Viktor Troicki on Wednesday. Chakvetadze advances In Luxembourg, second-seeded Anna Chakvetadze reached the second round of the Fortis Championships by beating Mathilde Johansson of France 6-4, 7-6 (4) Monday. Third-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and sixth-seeded Li Na of China also advanced at CK Sportcenter Kockelsheuer. Hantuchova defeated Pauline Parmentier of France 6-2, 7-5 and Li beat Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-2, 6-1. Also, Sabine Lisicki of Germany beat Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, Sara Errani of Italy defeated Marina Erakovic of New Zealand 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, and Peng Shuai of China beat Vera Dushevina of Russia 6-1, 6-2. Cornet beats Zheng In Linz, Austria, Alize Cornet of France defeated Zheng Jie of China 6-3, 6-2 Monday in the opening round of the Generali Ladies. In other first-round play, Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia had six aces while defeating Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand 6-1, 7-5. Kaia Kanepi of Estonia took all her seven break opportunities in beating Melanie Klaffner of Austria 6-4, 6-0 and set up a second-round match against third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska. Ana Ivanovic is the top-seeded player in Linz. The top four seeds have a bye in the first round.
