Sports / Tennis
Simon upsets Davydenko at the Croatia Open
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-07-24 08:34
Gilles Simon of France staged an upset on the first day of the Croatia
Open ATP tournament on Monday by beating world number four Nikolay
Davydenko of Russia 6-2 2-6 6-3.
The 22-year-old Frenchman has one singles title to his name, won earlier
this year in Marseille and reached the quarter-finals of the Bastad
tournament last week.
Top seed and world number three Novak Djokovic from Serbia had an easier
passage to the second round, beating Spaniard Pablo Andujar 6-1 6-3.
Two other Spaniards, Pere Riba and Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, managed to stay
in the tournament by beating local youngster Luka Belic 6-2 2-6 6-4 and
Gaston Gaudio of Argentina 6-0 6-4.
Local hope Marin Cilic overcome Frenchman Mathieu Montcourt 3-6 6-4 6-1,
while Argentine Carlos Berlocq beat his compatriot Maximo Gonzalez 6-3
6-4. Cilic will meet Simon in the second round.
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