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Ferrero and Canas winners at Italian Open

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Published: May 7, 2007 at 7:49 PM

ROME, May 7 (UPI) -- Former world No. 1 Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero and Argentine Guillermo Canas were among first-round winners Monday at the Italian Masters.

Ferrero defeated Slovakian Dominik Hrbaty, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; and Canas beat Jurgen Melzer" class="tpstyle">Austrian Jurgen Melzer, 7-5, 6-2.

Ferrero, a former French Open champion, won this tournament in 2001.

Canas had recent runner-up finishes at the Miami Masters and Barcelona. After starting the season outside the world's top 100, the Argentine has climbed to No. 21.

Tenth-seeded Andy Murray of Great Britain was upset by Gilles Simon" class="tpstyle">Frenchman Gilles Simon, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, Monday.

Spaniard Nicolas Almagro beat Britain's Tim Henman, 7-5, 6-1; and Argentine Jose Acasuso defeated former French Open runner-up Martin Verkerk of The Netherlands, 6-3, 7-5.

Almagro has a second-round match against current world No. 1 Roger Federer.

Topics: Andy Murray, Austrian Jurgen Melzer, Carlos Ferrero, Dominik Hrbaty, Frenchman Gilles Simon, Gilles Simon, Guillermo Canas, Jose Acasuso, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Juan Carlos, Jurgen Melzer, Martin Verkerk, Nicolas Almagro, Roger Federer, Tim Henman
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