Top-seeded Rafael Nadal overcame a sluggish start to beat Fernando Verdasco, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, in the first round of the Hamburg Open in Germany.
Second-seeded Tommy Robredo rallied for a 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2 win over the wild-card entry Alexander Zverev. Third-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut, fourth-seeded Andreas Seppi and sixth-seeded Juan Mónaco all advanced to the second round.
■ Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil eased to a 6-2, 6-3 first-round victory over Kimmer Coppejans of Belgium in the Swiss Open in Gstaad. Bellucci won the Gstaad clay-court title in 2009 and 2012.
The 2013 champion, Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, was eliminated after a 6-1, 6-2 loss to seventh-seeded Pablo Carreño of Spain, and the 2011 winner, Marcel Granollers of Spain, lost, 1-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4, to Robin Haase of the Netherlands.
■ The first stop of Mardy Fish’s farewell tour ended quickly with a 6-4, 6-4 first-round loss to Dudi Sela in the Atlanta Open. Fish, 33, plans to retire after the United States Open.
Fish, who won the Atlanta tournament in 2010 and 2011, will also play doubles this week with his friend Andy Roddick, who is taking a break from retirement. (AP)
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