Rafael Nadal opened his bid for a fifth Rome Masters title with a quick 6-1, 6-3 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber Wednesday. Federer earned some consolation Wednesday when he teamed in doubles with fellow Swiss player Yves Allegro to beat sixth-seeded Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Paul Hanley of Australia 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 tiebreak. Also, 2008 runner-up Stanislas Wawrinka eliminated 10th-seeded Tomas Berdych 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) and 42nd-ranked Guillermo Garcia-Lopez beat former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-3. In other matches, Robin Soderling won 6-1, 7-5 over Italian wild card Paolo Lorenzi; seventh-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga cruised past Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-2, 6-3, and 11th-seeded Ivan Ljubicic eliminated Nicolas Almagro of Spain 7-5, 7-6 (3). Also, Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil beat John Isner – the last American in the draw – 7-6 (7), 7-5. Henin, Jankovic, Stosur win Justine Henin ended a two-match losing streak and ignored a broken finger in winning her opening match against Julia Goerges of Germany 7-6 (3), 6-1 at the Porsche Grand Prix on Wednesday. Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova was upset by Li Na of China, who overcame the third-seeded Russian 6-3, 7-5. In other matches, Jelena Jankovic of Serbia beat Gisela Dulko of Argentina 6-2, 6-2, Samantha Stosur of Australia won 6-2, 6-1 over Marion Bartoli of France and Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland lost to Shahar Peer 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2 and Wickmayer beat Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-3, 6-3. Medina Garrigues loses Defending champion Anabel Medina Garrigues was eliminated in the second round of the Grand Prix Sar Wednesday, losing 6-3, 6-2 to Laura Pous Tio in an all-Spanish match. Pous Tio next plays No. 7 Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic, who beat Claire De Gubernatis of France 6-2, 6-4. No. 5 Angelique Kerber of Germany beating Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski 6-2, 6-2. Alize Cornet of France and Czech player Renata Voracova also advanced.
