seeded Mikhail Youzhny began the defense of his BMW Open title Monday with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over German wild card Matthias Bachinger. Marcos Baghdatis defeated Julien Benneteau 7-6 (2), 6-3 and Sergiy Stakhovsky also advanced when his opponent Denis Istomin retired while trailing 5-1. Horacio Zeballos defeated Robert Kendrick 6-4, 6-4 in another first-round match. Bartoli beaten Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia upset top-seeded Marion Bartoli 6-4, 6-1 in the opening round of the Barcelona Open Monday. Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania advanced when Zuzana Kucova of Slovakia retired while trailing 6-1, 5-0. No. 6 Roberta Vinci of Italy downed Silvia Soler Espinosa of Spain 6-2, 6-3. Other first-round winners included Yaroslava Shvedova, Estrella Cabeza Candela, Maria Elena Camerin and Jill Craybas. Kleybanova wins Top-seeded Alisa Kleybanova got off to a winning start at the Estoril Open by beating Olga Govortsova 6-2, 6-2 Monday. The Russian player will meet Mathilde Johansson next after the Frenchwoman beat Ksenia Pervak 6-4, 6-3. Sixth-seeded Elena Vesnina of Russia beat Barbara Luz 6-1, 6-1 to advance but seventh-seeded Jie Zheng of China exited after a 6-4, 6-2 defeat by Romina Oprandi. In the men's tournament, seventh-seeded South African Kevin Anderson beat Thiemo de Bakker 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Victor Hanescu, Jeremy Chardy and Joao Sousa were all winners on the clay. Zverev, Kavcic in 2nd round Mischa Zverev of Germany advanced to the second round of the Serbia Open Monday by beating Israel's Dudi Sela 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3. Slovenia's Blaz Kavcic also made it to the second round after beating Tobias Kamke from Germany, 7-6 (0), 6-1. The Serbia Open is run by the family of the No. 2
