CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP)?Potito Starace beat Daniel Brands of Germany 7-5, 6-2 on Tuesday in the first round of the Grand Prix Hassan II.
The fifth-seeded Italian lost only 10 points on his serve and converted three of seven break points to advance at the clay-court tournament. He will next face Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain.
Also, seventh-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy downed Spanish qualifier Gerard Granollers-Pujol 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
Fognini struggled on first serve but saved eight of 13 break points and broke Granollers-Pujol seven times.
Fognini will next play Slovenia?s Blaz Kavcic, who advanced after Morocco?s Reda El Amrani retired when leading 4-3 in the first set.
Filippo Volandri of Italy progressed to meet top-seeded Albert Montanes of Spain after breaking Julien Benneteau of France four times in a 7-5, 6-3 win.
Ruben 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 France?s Nicolas Devilder 6-3, 6-3.
Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia defeated Sergio Gutierrez-Ferrol of Spain 6-1, 7-6 (5) to set up a second-round match against second-seeded Marcos Baghdatis, who is starting his clay-court season.
Source: http://feeds.tennis.com/~r/tenniscom-news/~3/c4T5VJY-JC0/
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