up Guillermo Canas of Argentina started off this year's Barcelona Open by beating Oscar Hernandez of Spain 6-1, 6-4 on Monday. Canas, back in Barcelona three seedings higher at No. 9, lost to Rafael Nadal in the 2007 final and would have to reach the final again this week for another possible shot at the world's best claycourt player. Nadal, fresh off a fourth straight Masters title at Monte Carlo, plays his opener on Wednesday. No. 14 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland beat qualifier Jose Antonio Sanchez de Luna of Spain 6-3, 6-3, and No. 15 Dmitry Tursunov of Russia downed Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-4, 6-3 for his first win in four visits to Barcelona. The only seed to lose was No. 13 Fernando Verdasco, beaten 6-3, 6-4 for the first time in four matches with Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador. No. 3 David Nalbandian will face compatriot Agustin Calleri after he beat Thomas Johansson of Sweden 6-1, 6-3. Croatian wild card Mario Ancic saved all 12 break chances he faced while breaking Germany's Mischa Zverev five times for a 6-1, 6-0 victory. The Croat plays No. 7 Andy Murray next. Spanish qualifier Gabriel Trujillo-Soler, ranked 237th, earned his first ATP-level win when he ousted Werner Eschauer of Austria 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Next up will be No.2-seeded David Ferrer. Yuri Schukin, a lucky loser from Kazakhstan, won his first match of the year at the expense of Robby Ginepri of the United States, 6-4, 6-2. Other first-round winners included Denis Gremelmayr of Germany, Marc Lopez and Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain, Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina, Robin Haase of the Netherlands, and Marcos Daniel of Brazil.Kanepi, Vinci win In Prague, eighth-seeded Kaia Kanepi of Estonia beat Karolina Sprem of Croatia 7-5, 6-0 in the first round of the Prague Open on Monday. Kanepi was the only seeded player in action on the opening day. Roberta Vinci of Italy defeated Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-0, and Tatiana Poutchek edged Ekaterina Dzehalevich 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 in an all-Belarussian match.Mathieu advances In Munich, top-seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu cruised into the second round of the BMW Open Monday defeating wild card Daniel Brands 6-3, 6-3. Sixth-seeded Andreas Seppi beat Roko Karanusic 6-3, 6-3 and No. 8. Marin Cilic defeated 2006 champion Olivier Rochus 6-4, 6-4. In other action, Kristof Vliegen defeated Sergio Roitman 7-6 (3), 6-3, Simone Bolleli beat Marc Gicquel 6-4, 6-2 and Juan Martin del Potro topped Arnaud Clement 6-3, 6
