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Two-time champion Gasquet wins

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Published: June 18, 2007 at 7:11 PM

NOTTINGHAM, England, June 18 (UPI) -- Two-time defending champion Richard Gasquet of France was among the first-round tennis winners Monday at The Nottingham Open.

The top-seeded Gasquet, who turned 21 Monday, improved to 11-0 at this event with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over American Vincent Spadea. The Frenchman beat Swede Jonas Bjorkman, the 1998 and 2002 titlist here, in last year's finale.

In an upet, Sebastien Grosjean" class="tpstyle">Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean defeated fifth-seeded Slovakian Dominik Hrbaty 6-3, 6-4. Grosjean won this tournament in 2000.

Seventh-seeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka was supposed to play 6-foot-10 Croat Ivo Karlovic, but their match was postponed Monday because of rain.

In other opening-round play, Gilles Simon" class="tpstyle">Frenchman Gilles Simon beat Romanian Andrei Pavel 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, and Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez was leading Englishman Alex Bogdanovic 6-4, 0-1 when their match was suspended.

Topics: Alex Bogdanovic, Andrei Pavel, Dominik Hrbaty, Frenchman Gilles Simon, Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean, Gilles Simon, Guillermo Garcia, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Ivo Karlovic, Jonas Bjorkman, Richard Gasquet, Sebastien Grosjean, Stanislas Wawrinka, Vincent Spadea
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