TENNIS

Johannesburg Open

Men’s singles, Round I: Monday — Rajeev Ram (5, US) bt Rik De Voest (RSA) 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-3 Laurent Recouderc (Fra) bt Steve Darcis (Bel) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Stephane Robert (8, Fra) bt Brendan Evans (US) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Blaz Kavcic (Slo) bt Thierry Ascione (Fra) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 Tuesday — Bjoern Phau (Ger) bt Fritz Wolmarans (RSA) 6-4, 7-5 Feliciano Lopez (3, Esp) bt Benjamin Balleret (Mon) 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-3 Dustin Brown (Jam) bt Marco Chiudinelli (4, Sui) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 Josselin Ouanna (Fra) bt Harel Levy (Isr) 7-6(4), 6-2 Raven Klaasen (RSA) bt David Guez (Fra) 6-4, 6-3 Filip Prpic (Swe) bt Ivan Navarro (Esp) 6-3, 7-5 Lu Yen-Hsun (7, Tai) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 6-3, 6-2

Santiago International

Men’s singles, Round I, Monday — Juan Monaco (2, Arg) bt Nicolas Massu (Chi) 6-3, 6-4 Alberto Martin (Esp) bt Marcos Daniel (Bra) 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-4 Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) bt Jorge Aguilar (Chi) 7-5, 6-2 Peter Luczak (Aus) bt Potito Starace (8, Ita) 7-6(3), 6-4 Marcel Granollers (Esp) bt Martin Vassallo Argueello (Arg) 4-6, 6-3, 0-0 (Vassallo Argueello retired)

Zagreb Indoors

Men’s singles, Round I, Monday — Viktor Troicki (4, Srb) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 6-3, 6-2 Illya Marchenko (Ukr) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) 6-2, 6-4 Ivan Dodig (Cro) bt Evgeny Korolev (8, Kaz) 7-6(9), 6-4 Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) bt Mischa Zverev (Ger) 6-4, 6-3 Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 Juergen Melzer (3, Aut) bt Daniel Brands (Ger) 6-4, 6-3