seeded Potito Starace of Italy beat Daniel Brands of Germany 7-5, 6-2 Tuesday to reach the second round of the Grand Prix Hassan II. Filippo Volandri of Italy progressed to a matchup against top-seeded Albert Montanes of Spain after breaking his opponent four times on his way to a 7-5, 6-3 win over Frenchman Julien Benneteau. Ramirez Hidalgo, Portugal's Frederico Gil, and Germany's Michael Berrer advanced with straight-set victories. Ramirez Hidalgo beat Rui Machado of Portugal 7-5, 6-1, Gil beat Simone Bolelli of Italy, 6-3, 6-1, and Berrer downed Frenchman Nicolas Devilder 6-3, 6-3. Slovenia's Blaz Kavcic advanced after Morocco's Reda El Amrani retired when leading 4-3 in the first set. Scheepers upsets Schnyder South African Chanelle Scheepers upset No. 13 seed Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 6-4, 6-4 and American Vania King stunned No. 16 seed Verna Dushevina 6-4, 7-6 (7) in the first round of the Family Circle Cup at Charleston, South Carolina, Monday. Jill Craybas also advanced, beating crowd favorite Shelby Rogers 3-6, 6-2, 6-0. Rogers, a one-time Family Circle ball girl, presented flowers to champ Jennifer Capriati during the trophy ceremony in 2001. No. 11 seed Peng Shuai of China beat American qualifier Sloan Stephens 6-2, 6-1, No. 12 seed Julia Goerges moved into the second round with a 7-6, 6-4 victory over Olga Govortsova. Dulgheru, Errani advance Fourth-seeded Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania and eighth-seeded Sara Errani of Italy won in three sets Monday to advance to the second round of the Andalucia Tennis Experience. Dulgheru beat Anastasia Pivovarova of Russia 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 7-5, and Errani defeated Sorana Cirstea of Romania 1-6, 6-4, 6-2. Roberta Vinci was the only seeded player to lose, the No. 7 Italian going down 7-5, 6-3 to Sandra Zahlavova of the Czech Republic.
