seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland were upset in the first round of the Kremlin Cup on Wednesday. Davydenko lost to former top-ranked Marat Safin 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, while Radwanska was ousted by Russia's Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 6-3. In other women's first-round games, fourth-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy led Agnes Szavay of Hungary 6-4, 0-3 before retiring because of a knee injury. Francesca Schiavone of Italy, seeded eighth, rallied to beat Spanish qualifier Nuria Llagostera Vives 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-3, and qualifier Evgeniya Rodina beat sixth-seeded Elena Vesnina 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 in an all-Russian match. In the men's tournament, fifth-seeded Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay advanced to the quarterfinals, rallying to beat Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Third-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia also advanced with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Italy's Potito Starace. In the quarterfinals, Youzhny will face Sergiy Stakhovsky, a Ukrainian qualifier who upset seventh-seeded French veteran Fabrice Santoro 7-5, 6-1. Soderling wins opener Top-seeded Robin Soderling breezed past Giovanni Lapentti of Ecuador 6-3, 6-0 Wednesday in the first round at the Stockholm Open. Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus ousted third-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain 6-4, 6-2 in another first-round match. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez beat Simon Greul of Germany 6-3, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals. The second-seeded Tommy Haas, a two-time semifinalist in Stockholm, defeated Florent Serra of France 6-3, 6-4 in the first round. Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil also reached the last eight, outlasting Leonardo Mayer of Argentina, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. Eighth-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain beat Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 6-2, 6-4 in another first-round match. Wickmayer in quarters Qualifier Kirsten Flipkens beat third-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues 7-5, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Luxembourg Open. Fellow Belgian Yanina Wickmayer followed up her title in Linz, Austria, last week by beating Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania 6-3, 7-6 (4). She will play France's Alize Cornet in the next round. Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark withdrew in the opening round with a left leg injury.
