Nadal, Ferrer advance in Barcelona

BARCELONA, Spain, April 30 (UPI) -- Spaniards Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer won their second-round matches Wednesday at the $1.29 million Open Sabadell Atlantico tennis tournament in Barcelona.

Nadal, the tournament's top seed and three-time defending champion, was an easy 6-4, 6-2 winner against Italy's Potito Starace.

Ferrer, the No. 2 seed, trounced another Spaniard, Gabriel Trujillo-Soler, 6-1, 6-1.

In a major upset, Germany's Denis Gremelmayr topped American James Blake 6-1, 6-4.

Elsewhere, Latvian Ernests Gulbis ousted fifth-seeded Spaniard Carlos Moya 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; No. 6 Tommy Robredo of Spain topped Robin Haase of Netherlands 6-2, 6-4; ninth-seeded Guillermo Canas of Argentina belted Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-1, 6-2; Spain's Albert Montanes beat eighth-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 7-5; and No. 10 seed Nicolas Almagro of Spain topped Italian Filippo Volandri 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).