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Ferrero advances

BARCELONA: Former champions Juan Carlos Ferrero and Albert Costa made it to the second round of the Open Seat Godo on Monday, but 2003 winner Carlos Moya lost.

Ferrero, who won in 2001, defeated Belgium's Kristof Vliegen 6-1, 6-2 with four service breaks, while Costa (1997) delayed his retirement for at least a round by beating American Vince Spadea 7-6(7), 4-6, 6-1. Moya, however, lost to Russian qualifier Evgeny Korolev 7-5, 6-4.

Ferrero and Costa were among eight Spaniards to win on the opening day.

The results:

At Barcelona (Open Seat Godo): Singles (first round): Nicolas Almagro bt Andrei Pavel 6-4, 6-2; Carlos Cuadrado bt Dmitry Tursunov 4-6, 6-0, 6-3; Teimuraz Gabashvili bt Igor Andreev 4-6, 7-6(6), 7-6(4); Gael Monfils bt Stefano Galvani 6-2, 7-5; Galo Blanco bt Tomas Zib 6-7(3), 7-6(3), 6-2; Andy Murray bt Marcel Granollers-Pujol 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Stanislas Wawrinka bt Nicolas Lapentti 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-3; Albert Costa bt Vince Spadea 7-6(7), 4-6, 6-1; Paul-Henri Mathieu bt Juan Antonio Marin 7-6(3), 6-2; Philipp Kohlschreiber bt Raemon Sluiter 7-6(5), 7-6(2); Juan Carlos Ferrero bt Kristof Vliegen 6-1, 6-2; Feliciano Lopez bt Ivo Klec 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Evgeny Korolev bt Carlos Moya 7-5, 6-4; Daniel Gimeno-Traver bt Novak Djokovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Ivan Navarro Pastor bt Paradorn Srichaphan 6-3, 6-4.

At Casablanca (Casablanca Open): Nicolas Mahut bt Carlos Berloco 6-4, 6-1; Arnaud Clement bt Juan Monaco 6-4, 6-1; Bjorn Phau bt Andreas Seppi 7-6(4), 6-1; Jiri Vanek bt Ruban Ramirez Hidalgo 5-7, 6-1, 6-4; Jurgen Melzer bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. — AP

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