TENNIS ROUNDUP Monday’s events

April 14, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

Monte Carlo Masters

MONACO — Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina beat Igor Kunitsyn of Russia 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 in the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday, setting up a second-round match against top-ranked Rafael Nadal. Nadal, the four-time defending champ who had a first-round bye, has beaten Chela in four of five matches, including all three on clay. Nadal’s lone defeat to Chela came five years ago on hard courts in Cincinnati. “Chela is a good clay-court player. I have to play good tennis if I want to have good chances to win,” Nadal said. “(I need to) try to play aggressive without a lot of mistakes.” Andreas Seppi of Italy advanced with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Jurgen Melzer of Austria and will play second-ranked Roger Federer. Oscar Hernandez of Spain defeated Julien Benneteau of France 6-4, 6-4. He will meet No. 3 Novak Djokovic of Serbia.

Barcelona Open

BARCELONA, Spain — Top-seeded Alize Cornet of France was upset 6-0, 6-3 by compatriot Stephanie Cohen-Aloro in the first round of the Barcelona Open on Monday. The 97th-ranked Cohen-Aloro breezed through the first set, then broke Cornet’s serve in the second game of the second set and held serve the rest of the way to wrap up the match. Also, second-seeded Flavia Pennetta beat Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-3 and Roberta Vinci topped Pauline Parmentier 6-4, 7-6 (7). Nearly a week after upsetting top-ranked Serena Williams in Andalucia, Klara Zakopalova lost 6-1, 7-6 (7) to Magdalena Rybarikova.

Associated Press