seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia beat Ryan Harrison of the United States 6-3, 6-2 Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Malaysian Open. Davydenko saved nine of 12 break points in the match. Eighth-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan also advanced, beating Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, while Philipp Petzschner of Germany defeated Mischa Zverev 7-5, 6-3. The 66th-ranked Petzschner broke Zverev's serve twice in the second set. Also, Somdev Devvarman of India advanced by beating Russian qualifier Mikhail Ledovskikh 7-6 (5), 6-4, Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan had to retire against Albert Ramos of Spain when trailing 4-6, 6-3, 4-2, and Rik de Voest of South Africa defeated Ryan Sweeting of the United States 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. “It's great to get through the first match,” Petzschner said. “The tournament is really nice. Some of the European players are having problems with the jet lag a little bit, but I'm really happy with my performance.” Nieminen struggles In Bangkok, fighting Finn Jarkko Nieminen needed all his physical reserves to knock out Austria's promising teen Dominic Thiem 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 and advance into the Thailand Open second round Tuesday. The 30-year-old Nieminen, a finalist here last year, came off his sickbed to face an opponent a dozen years his junior and ranked 1,848th in the world. Nieminen, world No. 50, breezed through the opening set in 24 minutes, but dropped the second and lost his serve in the third before finally closing out victory in two hours with a break in the last game. He now faces Dutchman and seventh seed Robin Haase in the second round. In other first-round results, qualifier Simone Bolelli beat Latvian Ernests Gulbis 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7-5), while Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan stopped Brazil's Joao Souza 6-2, 7-5. American Donald Young went through after Russian Igor Andreev retired injured while trailing 7-6 (8-6), 2-1. German Matthias Bachinger beat Australian qualifier Greg Jones 7-5, 6-4, and Michael Berrer set up a tie with Andy Murray for the second time this season after knocking out Swiss qualifier Marco Chiudinelli 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. Murray arrived in the capital Monday evening, joining second seed Gael Monfils from France in a late arrival.
