DOHA — Top seed Rafael Nadal, second seed David Ferrer and third seed Andy Murray opened the new tennis season with first round wins on the last day of 2013. Murray had the easiest path to victory barely breaking a sweat during his 6-0, 6-0 win over 2,129th-ranked Qatari wildcard recipient Mousa Shanan Zayed. The match took all of 37-minutes and Murray hit the practice courts afterwards for a little extra court time. Nadal breezed through the opening set, but was tested in the second set by Lukas Rosol before the world No. 1 secured a 6-2, 7-6 (7) win on his fifth match point of the tiebreaker. Ferrer needed three sets to come up with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win over Alexandr Dolgopolov of the Ukraine. Defending champion and fifth seed Richard Gasquet also moved along to the second round with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Egyptian wildcard recipient Karim Hossam. In other matches Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany beat Pablo Andujar of Spain 7-6(7), 6-2; Florian Mayer of Germany beat Michal Przysiezny of Poland 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(5); Ernests Gulbis of Latvia beat Daniel Evans of Britain 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 Teen stuns Vinci In Auckland, teenager Ana Konjuh announced her WTA arrival in style at the Auckland Classic Tuesday, eliminating top seed Roberta Vinci in her debut tour appearance. The Croatian, who turned 16 Friday, came from behind to stun Vinci 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and book a place in the second round. Earlier, former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic ground out a scrappy win over American Alison Riske. The Serbian prevailed 7-5, 7-6 (7-2) in just under two hours but looked unconvincing against Riske, who is ranked 41 places below the world number 16. Lesser lights shine in Chennai Eighth seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain dropped by the wayside as unheralded players stepped up their game on the second day of the $450,000 ATP Chennai Open Tuesday. Agut, ranked 58th in the world, was stunned by Russian qualifier Alexander Kudryavtsev 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in a match marked by baseline rallies at the Nungambakkam Tennis Centre. Kudryavtsev's second round opponent will be Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia, who fought off a spirited challenge from Swiss qualifier Henri Laaksonen before winning 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-0). Seventh seed Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France qualified for a second-round clash against Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Spaniard Albert Ramos. Indian wildcard Yuki Bhambri delighted home fans with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Pablo Carreno Busta, who had been voted the ATP's most improved player for 2013 after jumping 650 places in the rankings. Chennai-based Ramkumar Ramanathan gave local fans another reason to celebrate when he came from behind to stun better-known compatriot and India's top player Somdev Devvarman 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. — Agencies
