Wimbledon semifinalist Marat Safin rebounded from an early 3-0 deficit to beat Marc Lopez of Spain 7-6 (6), 7-5 in the first round of the clay-court Swedish Open on Tuesday. Fifth-seeded Carlos Moya, the champion in 2002 and a semifinalist last year lost in the first round, squandered a match point in falling to Potito Starace 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6), 6-4 in his first match since a shoulder injury forced him to miss Wimbledon. Starace meets Safin next. Other results: Robin Soderling bt Fabio Fognini of Italy 6-1, 6-7 (4), 7-5; Swede Thomas Johansson bt compatriot Filip Prpic 7-6 (4), 6-3; Jarkko Nieminen of Finland bt Sergio Roitman of Argentina 6-4, 6-2 and Darcis of Belgium, bt Daniel Koellerer of Austria 7-6 (4), 6-0. Kiefer moves up In Gstaad, Switzerland, German Nicolas Kiefer made the switch from grass back to clay, mowing down Italian qualifier Gianluca Naso 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Gstaad Open. Romanian Victor Hanescu reached the second round over Frenchman Olivier Patience 7-6 (7-4), 6-2. Former finalist Igor Andreev beat Marcos Daniel of Brazil 6-4, 7-5 on Monday. Calleri advances In Stuttgart, Agustin Calleri beat Jurgen Melzer of Austria 7-6 (3), 6-4 to advance to the second round of the rain-plagued Mercedes Cup on Tuesday. Fellow Argentine, No. 8-seeded Eduardo Schwank rallied back from a first-set blanking to beat 2003 champion and countryman Guillermo Coria 0-6, 6-1, 6-2. In other matches, Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic beat Martin Fischer of Austria 6-2, 6-4 and Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan defeated Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Rezai, Wickmayer beaten In Palermo, Sicily, Aravane Rezai and No. 6 Yanina Wickmayer were upset in the first round of the Palermo International on Tuesday. Rezai was beaten by Rossana de los Rios of Paraguay 6-4, 6-1 and Wickmayer wasted three match points in the second set before falling to Georgian qualifier Margalita Chaknashvili 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Young prevails In Newport, Rhode Island, former junior Wimbledon champion Donald Young made a successful debut at the Hall of Fame Championships on Monday when he beat Jun Woong-sun of South Korea 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. Indian qualifier Rohan Bopanna served 15 aces in defeating American Kevin Kim 6-3, 6-4, setting up a second-round match against top-seeded Mardy Fish, who will hope to defy history.
