Top seed Rafael Nadal, fresh from his Australian Open win, ousted Italian Simone Bolelli 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Rotterdam Open on Wednesday. The French contingent meanwhile continued their early good form at the start of the European indoor season, with Gilles Simon and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga leading a gang of four to victories. Sixth seed Simon got off to a winning start with a defeat of German Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5, 7-6 (7-1). Tsonga beat local wild card Jesse Huta Galung 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4) in just under two hours. Mikhail Youzhny of Russia booked the first of the quarterfinal places as he upset sixth seed David Ferrer 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Holder Michael Llodra began his title defense, taming the huge serve of Ivo Karlovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Croatian Mario Ancic put out another German, defeating veteran Rainer Schuettler 7-5, 6-2. Serena in 2nd round Serena Williams beat Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-4 Wednesday to advance to the second round of the Open GDF Suez. Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, Patty Schnyder of Switzerland and Amelie Mauresmo of France also advanced at the indoor hard court tournament. Jankovic defeated Francesca Schiavone of Italy 7-5, 7-6 (2), Schnyder beat Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-4, 7-6 (3), and Mauresmo avenged her Fed Cup loss last weekend to Sara Errani by routing the Italian 6-2, 6-0. French qualifier Emilie Loit beat Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 to become the first player to move into the quarterfinals. Cibulkova pulls out Third-seeded Slovak Dominika Cibulkova withdrew from the Pattaya Open on Wednesday suffering from a viral infection, as China's Peng Shuai reached the quarterfinals in style. Peng, meanwhile, advanced by overcoming early resistance from Kazakhstan's Galina Voskoboeva, winning 7-6 (7/4), 6-0. Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn reached the second round with a 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) win over Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova, and eighth-seeded Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova also advanced after edging through a gruelling three-set battle with Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Roddick through Defending champion Andy Roddick got off to another solid start at the SAP Open, beating Swedish qualifier Michael Ryderstedt 6-0, 7-6 (3) Tuesday to advance to the second round. Fifth-seeded American Mardy Fish used 19 aces to beat Lleyton Hewitt of Australia 7-6 (5), 6-3 to advance to the second round. Former top-ranked Hewitt won the SAP Open in 2002. In other first-round matches, eighth-seeded Robby Ginepri was upset by fellow American, qualifier Todd Widom. Widom won 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 for his first victory in an ATP event since he won a first-round match at Delray Beach in January 2006. Robredo in 2nd round Second-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain made short work of his first Brazil Open match in seven years, beat local wild card Thiago Alves 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday. Robredo broke Alves three times without offering a break point. But third-seeded Albert Montanes was not so fortunate, losing an all-Spanish first-rounder against Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-2. Fifth-seeded Jose Acasuso of Argentina beat countryman Juan Monaco 7-6 (3), 6-4, while seventh-seeded Nicolas Devilder of France defeated Brazilian qualifier Daniel Silva 7-6 (5), 6-2. Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil beat Italian Potito Starace 6-3, 6-4, but Brazilian qualifier Caio Zampieri fell to Italy's Fabio Fognini 0-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2. In other results, Vina del Mar semifinalist Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay beat Oscar Hernandez of Spain 4-6, 6-4, 6
