Paul Capdeville of Chile upset fifth-seeded David Nalbandian 6-2, 6-2 Monday in the first round of the Estoril Open. Nalbandian, the 2002 and 2006 champion, was broken once in each set to lose in 52 minutes. The Argentine had injured a hip at the Barcelona Open last month. Top-seeded Gilles Simon beat American Robert Kendrick 6-3, 7-6 (7). Simon was twice broken in the first set but recovered to break his opponent three times. Sixth-seeded Mardy Fish of the US ousted Russia's Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-3, 6-4. Spain's Oscar Hernandez dropped a set before triumphing 7-5, 1-6, 7-5 over local favorite Rui Machado. On the women's side, top-seeded Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic edged Neuza Silva of Portugal 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Eighth-seeded Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany fought back to overcome France's Pauline Parmentier 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1), while Jarmila Groth of Slovakia also rallied to defeat Mathilde Johansson of France 1-6, 6-1, 6-1. Germany's Kristina Barrois knocked out Portugal's Maria Joao Koehler 7-6 (4), 6-0. Venus survives stiff test In Rome, Venus Williams survived a stiff test from unseeded Czech Lucie Safarova to move into the Italian Open third round with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 win on Monday. Sixth-seeded Belarussian Victoria Azarenka had a simpler route into the third round when her opponent, Japanese qualifier Ayumi Morita, retired after losing the first set to love. Last-year's runner-up Alize Cornet, seeded 13th, repelled a fight-back by Japan's Ai Sugiyama to progress into the second round 6-3, 7-5. Danish ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki overwhelmed Hungary's Agnes Szavay 6-3, 6-2 and Russian Anna Chakvetadze overcame shaky recent form to oust Spanish 15th seed Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-2, 6-3. Russian world No. 1 Dinara Safina's first opponent will be France's Virginie Razzano, who edged past Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova 6-0, 6-7, 6-4. Twice former champion Amelie Mauresmo was knocked out on Sunday when she suffered a 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 defeat to Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez. Kiefer advances In Munich, sixth-seeded Nicolas Kiefer rallied to beat Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in wet conditions Monday to reach the second round of the BMW Open. Philipp Kohlschreiber also advanced when Bjorn Phau had to retire because of a hand injury while trailing 6-2, 2-1 in an all-German match. Mikhail Youzhni of Russia beat Ivo Minar of the Czech Republic 6-3, 7-6 (5) and Jeremy Chardy of France beat Evgeny Korolev of Russia 6-3, 6
