Filippo Volandri was an upset victim.
Sopot, Poland - Fourth-seeded Italian Filippo Volandri and sixth-seeded Spaniard Nicolas Almagro came up first-round losers Monday at the clay-court Orange Prokom Open. Polish wild card Michal Przysiezny knocked out Volandri 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, while Argentine Mariano Zabaleta ousted Almagro in 6-3, 7-5 fashion at SKT Sopot.
In other opening-round play, Spaniard Albert Montanes mauled Argentine Diego Hartfield 6-1, 6-3 and Argentine Jose Acasuso erased Austrian Werner Eschauer 6-2, 6-3. Montanes will meet Zabaleta in the second round.
Russian Igor Andreev was leading Ecuador’s Nicolas Lapentti 6-0, 3-3 when their match was suspended for the day because of rain.
This week’s top seeds are Russian Nikolay Davydenko and Spaniard Tommy Robredo. Davydenko beat German Florian Mayer in last year’s finale
