seeded Richard Gasquet of France rallied from a set and a break down Monday to beat Julian Reister of Germany 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of Open Sud de France. Gasquet struggled to return serves in the first set but recovered to wrap up the match with a backhand winner after 2 hours, 6 minutes. Gasquet will next face either Jarkko Nieminen or Florent Serra. Gasquet served 11 aces and broke his opponent four times while Reister converted only one of his five break chances. In the first-set tiebreaker, Gasquet had set point at 8-7 up on Reister's serve, but the German won the next three points. Gasquet then lost his serve right at the start of the second set - having not faced a single break point in the first set. But he broke straight back and then held easily to make it 2-1. Gasquet had two break points for a 4-2 lead but Reister saved both before faltering in his next service game, where he was broken to love. Frederico Gil of Portugal beat Edouard-Roger Vasselin of France 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 to advance. Kohlschreiber beats Falla In Vienna, seventh-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber eased past Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-0, 6-3 Monday in the first round of the Bank Austria Trophy. The German hit five aces but lost his serve once in the second set on the only break point he faced. Also, Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic downed Pere Riba of Spain 6-0, 6-2 and will next play second-seeded Marin Cilic, who has a bye in the opening round. Italy's Andreas Seppi defeated Martin Fischer of Austria 6-3, 6-3 to set up a second-round match against either Anreas Haider-Maurer or the former top-ranked Thomas Muster, who makes his comeback on the ATP tour at age 43. Muster was handed a wild card and was scheduled to play fifth-seeded Ernests Gulbis, but organizers said Monday that the 24th-ranked Latvian had withdrawn for “personal reasons” and will be replaced by lucky loser Haider-Maurer. Philippoussis wins event In Arizona, Mark Philippoussis beat Jim Courier 6-4, 6-1 Sunday to win the Cancer Treatment Centers of America Tennis Championships for his second straight Champions Series title. Philippoussis, coming off a final-round victory over John McEnroe in May in Boston on the 30-and-over circuit, said his goal is to return to play on the regular ATP Tour. “I've just fallen back in love with the sport on the Champions Series,” the 33-year-old Australian said. “It's just great and since I've gotten that love back, my body has been getting stronger. I feel I can hit the ball just as hard as the guys on the tour, so why not give it a go if I'm having this much fun?” he added. In the third-place match, Michael Chang beat John McEnroe 7-6 (6), 7
