US top seed Mardy Fish withdrew and fourth seed Benjamin Becker of Germany was knocked out on Monday during the first day of the $500,000 ATP Hall of Fame Championships. Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick withdrew from this week's US Davis Cup quarterfinal tie at Croatia, prompting Fish to be called upon to replace him and thus skip the final grass-court tournament of the season. American Brendan Evans pulled the first upset of the event by eliminating Becker 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 7-5. Evans will next face countryman Robby Ginepri, who defeated Spain's Santiago Ventura 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. The early exits left Germany's Philipp Petzschner, the sixth seed, as the top-ranked player in his half of the draw at 55th in the world. The other seeds are defending champion Fabrice Santoro and Sam Querrey of the US. Santoro opens against Italy's Flavio Cipolla and faces a possible second-round match against US wild card Taylor Dent, who defeated Brazil's Marcos Daniel 6-2, 6-1. Indian wild card Prakash Amritraj opened with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Thailand's Danai Udomchoke. Amritraj could face Querrey in the second round. Bondarenko advances In Hungary, sixth-seeded Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine defeated Karolina Sprem of Croatia 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the first round of the $220,000 GDF Suez Grand Prix on Monday. Maria Elena Camerin of Italy also scored her first defeat over Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1. Romania's Edina Gallovits also defeated Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 7-5, 6
