The thirteenth-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov became the first upset at the Western & Southern Open, losing to 50th-ranked Nikolay Davydenko 6-1, 6-1 in the first round on Monday.
Davydenko, ranked as high as No. 3 on the tour in 2006 and 2007, needed just 52 minutes to beat Dolgopolov, who won the Citi Open in Washington on Aug. 5.
Dolgopolov, a Ukrainian ranked world No. 16, committed 26 unforced errors to just three by his Russian opponent.
Twelfth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia survived a challenge from qualifier Sergiy Stakhovsky before advancing with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win.
In other men’s matches on the tournament’s first full day, Taiwan’s Yen-Hsun Lu eliminated Poland’s Lukasz Kubot 6-3, 6-0, Andreas Seppi of Italy beat the Netherlands’ Robin Hasse 6-4, 6-4, qualifier Jesse Levine beat Donald Young 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) in a matchup of Americans and the US’ wild-card Brian Baker outlasted Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/3).
Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland needed three sets to get by French qualifier Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. Lleyton Hewitt advanced with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Russian Mikhail Youzhny.
Serbian Victor Troicki beat Croatian qualifier Ivan Dodig 6-4, 7-5, Spain’s Pablo Andujar cruised past Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic 6-4, 6-3, German Florian Mayer defeated qualifier Fabio Fognini of Italy 7-5, 6-2 and Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin eliminated France’s Julien Benneteau 6-3, 6-1.
The women’s tournament got underway with a mild upset as Peng Shuai won a grueling three-setter over 13th seed Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (10/8).
Jankovic, last year’s runner-up and the 2009 champion, lost at love while serving for the match in the second set, including a double fault at 0-40, and blew a total of five match points against her Chinese opponent.
The 66th-ranked Timea Babos, a 19-year-old Hungarian, knocked out 39th-ranked Varvara Lepchenko of the US 7-6 (7/4), 6-4.
Eleventh seed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia earned a routine 6-3, 6-4 win over qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan.
Italy’s Mona Barthel beat Spain’s Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-0, 6-4, while Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain defeated Romanian Simona Halep 6-3, 6-0.
Germany’s Julia Goerges won in straight sets over Israel’s Shahar Peer 6-3, 6-3 and Sweden’s Johanna Larsson beat Australia’s Casey Dellacqua 6-1, 6-3.
Urszula Radwanska of Poland advanced with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan.
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