Tennis Roundup

Copa Claro

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

Top-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain advanced to the second round Tuesday with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Pablo Galdon of Argentina. Fifth-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina also moved on, defeating Ivan Navarro of Spain 6-2, 7-6. Second-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland played later against Carlos Berlocq of Argentina, and No. 3 David Nalbandian was up against Potito Starace of Italy. No. 7 Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine faced Jose Acasuso of Argentina.

Open 13

MARSEILLE, FRANCE

Defending champion Michael Llodra and former champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga both won their first-round matches Tuesday. The sixth-seeded Tsonga, who won the indoor tournament in Marseille two years ago, served 10 aces as he beat fellow Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-1, 6-2. Tsonga, who lost the Rotterdam final last Sunday against Robin Soderling, next faces Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine. The eighth-seeded Llodra had a tougher match, winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 against Julien Benneteau in another all-French match. Llodra had 10 aces and seven double-faults and next plays Germany’s Tobias Kamke, who routed Dutch player Thomas Schoorel 6-0, 6-2.

Regions Morgan Keegan Championships

MEMPHIS, TENN.

Mardy Fish beat Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-1, 7-5 in the first round. Fish skipped last week’s tournament in San Jose, Calif., because a thyroid condition was bothering him. Among those joining Fish in the Memphis second round were James Blake, who beat Ricardo Mello of Brazil, 6-4, 6-3; and 2009 finalist Radek Stepanek, who beat Benjamin Becker, 6-4, 6-2. Ivan Dodig, who won his first ATP World Tour event two weeks ago in Croatia, beat Rainer Schuettler 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. In second-round matches on the women’s side, the Cellular South Cup, No. 7 seed Renata Voracova was eliminated by Ksenia Pervak, 6-1, 6-1.

Associated Press