NICE: Victor Hanescu of Romania eased into the second round of the Open de Nice with a 6-0, 6-1 win over French qualifier Benoit Paire Monday. The Romanian will next meet fourth-seeded Andy Roddick of the United States. Pere Riba advanced by beating Guillaume Ruffin of France 6-2, 6-2. The Spaniard, who dropped only five points on first serve, next plays fifth-seeded Alexandr Dogolpolov of Ukraine. Pablo Andujar of Spain was leading 5-0 when Grigor Dimitrov retired ill and will next take on either sixth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis or Julien Benneteau. Andujar won his first ATP title in Casablanca. Andujar was joined in the second round by Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, who beat Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-2, 7-6 (5) for his first victory on the ATP Tour since March. Andreas Seppi of Italy rallied to beat French wild card Edouard Roger-Vasselin 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. His next opponent will be the top-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer. Petrova advances Fourth-seeded Nadia Petrova of Russia defeated Rebecca Marino of Canada 7-6 (4), 6-3 to reach the second round of the Strasbourg International Monday. Petrova, twice a semifinalist at the French Open, has struggled on clay so far this season and lost first round-matches both in Madrid and Rome. Fifth-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia easily beat last year's finalist Kristina Barrois of Germany 6-2, 6-3 and will take on Laura Pous-Tio of Spain. Seventh-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues, Mathilde Johansson of France and Serbian Bojana Jovanovski also advanced. Garrigues made light work of American Melanie Oudin 6-3, 6-1 to start her quest for a fourth title in Strasbourg while Pous-Tio beat German Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-2. Johansson converted five of 11 break points to beat Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan, 6-1, 6-1 in just 61 minutes and Jovanovski downed Russian Alla Kudryavtseva 7-6 (3), 6-3. US beats Sweden The United States claimed a 2-1 victory over Sweden at the World Team Cup in Germany Monday, despite Sam Querrey failing to serve out victory against Robin Soderling. John Isner had put the United States ahead by sweeping aside Christian Lindell 6-4, 6-1, struggling through the opening set but then dominating the second against an opponent playing only his second ATP tournament. Querrey then took the United States to the edge of victory as he served for the match at 5-4 in the second set, but Soderling rallied to win 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (3). The United States won the doubles to clinch the tie as Isner and Mardy Fish beat Simon Aspelin and Robert Lindstedt 4-6, 7-6 (5), 10-4. Germany earned a 3-0 win over Serbia. Florian Mayer beat Viktor Troicki 6-2, 6-2 to add to Philipp Kohlschreiber's Sunday win over Janko Tipsarevic, and in the doubles Christopher Kas and Philipp Petzschner defeated Tipsarevic and Nenad Zimonjic 5-7, 6-3, 10
