BAD GASTEIN, Austria — Sara Errani made a successful transition from grass to clay with a straight-sets win over Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic at the Gastein Ladies Tuesday, three days after winning the doubles title at Wimbledon with fellow Italian Roberta Vinci. The 14th-ranked Errani, who was seeded second, saved five of six break points against her serve to defeat Siniakova 6-3, 6-2. Errani, who next plays Paula Ormaechea of Argentina, is the highest ranked player left in the event after top-seeded Flavia Pennetta pulled out injured Monday. Earlier, defending champion Yvonne Meusburger edged Tereza Smitkova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (9), 4-6, 7-5 to reach the second round. The sixth-seeded Austrian won four straight games from 5-3 down in the final set to close out the victory. The 99th-ranked Smitkova led 30-0 while serving for the match at 5-4 but failed to score another point in the game. Also, No. 3 Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain defeated Laura Siegemund of Germany 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-4; No. 4 and 2009 champion Andrea Petkovic of Germany beat Jana Cepelova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (8), 7-5; No. 5 Elina Svitolina of Ukraine downed Patricia Mayr-Achleitner of Austria 6-1, 6-4; and No. 7 Camila Giorgi of Italy defeated last year's finalist, Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3. Karlovic beats American In Newport, second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia used his overpowering serve to beat American Robby Ginepri 7-6 (2), 6-2 Monday in the opening round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. The 6-foot-11 Karlovic had 17 aces and only two double-faults, winning 92 percent of his first-serve points during breezy conditions on the grass at Newport. The tournament is held in conjunction with the International Tennis Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. On Saturday, Lindsay Davenport heads a class that includes coach Nick Bollettieri, executive Jane Brown Grimes and broadcaster John Barrett in the contributor category and five-time Paralympic medalist Chantal Vandierendonck. The Hall of Fame Championships is the only tournament in North America held on grass courts. Top-seeded John Isner is scheduled to play Tuesday. He's looking for his third title in Newport after winning in 2011-12. The 35-year old Karlovic, a quarterfinalist in Newport last year, had first serves clocked in the 118-123 mph range in windy conditions. “You must always adjust with the toss, and I was able to,” he said. After Karlovic went up 5-2 with his second ace of the tiebreaker, Ginepri, a 2003 Newport champion, hit a forehand return into the net and followed with a backhand that sailed wide. The 31st-ranked Karlovic broke serve in the second and final games of the last set. “It's always difficult on grass courts,” he said. “I was a little lucky on the tiebreak, and I was able to return better and break him twice.” In other first-round play, 2009 Newport champion and American Rajeev Ram ousted Australian Matthew Ebden, 6-2, 7-5. American Donald Young, the No. 5 seed, was upset by Samuel Groth of Australia 7-6 (7), 6-2. “I've played here a lot of years,” Ram said. “I don't know if I remember it being this windy.” Sixth-seeded Steve Johnson needed only 47 minutes to top wild-card entry and fellow American Clay Thompson 6-1, 6-2; Dudi Sela of Israel beat Michal Przysiezny of Poland 6-1, 7-6 (2); Japan's Tatsuma Ito beat American Mitchell Krueger 7-6 (7), 6-1; and Malek Jaziri of Tunisa defeated Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania 7-5, 6-3. Cuevas knocks Chardy out Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay won for just the fourth time this year when he ousted sixth-seeded Jeremy Chardy of France 6-2, 6-2 in under an hour in the first round of the Swedish Open Tuesday. Chardy was coming off a fourth-round appearance at Wimbledon. Another player to end a drought was eighth-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain, who won for the first time since April at the expense of Dustin Brown of Germany, 6-3, 6-4. Carlos Berlocq of Argentina began his title defense with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Julian Reister of Germany. Victor Hanescu of Romania advanced in straight sets to line up top seed and two-time former champion David Ferrer, who had a first-round bye. Two qualifiers, Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain and Radu Albot of Moldova, also won, and two local wild cards, Elias Ymer and Christian Lindell, earned their first wins on the ATP Tour. On Monday, Pere Riba retired after only one game at the Swedish Open, allowing fifth-seeded Joao Sousa of Portugal to advance to the second round. Italy's Paolo Lorenzi defeated Swedish wild card Markus Eriksson 6-2, 6-1 on his home turf and Dusan Lajovic of Serbia ousted Albert Montanes of Spain 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (4). David Ferrer, who won the tournament in 2007 and 2012, is the top-seeded player. He has a first-round bye. — Agencies
