Fish, Robredo win Madrid Masters openers

MADRID, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- American Mardy Fish and Spaniard Tommy Robredo were among Monday's unseeded winners at the $2.78 million Madrid Masters tennis event.

Fish defeated Belgian Steve Darcis 6-1, 6-4, with the help of 13 aces, and Robredo beat Italian Andreas Seppi 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-3. Robredo will play eighth-seeded American Andy Roddick.

Also Monday, Czech Tomas Berdych beat German Rainer Schuettler 6-1, 6-2; France's Gilles Simon saved four match points before beating Russian Igor Andreev 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (9-7); Croat Marin Cilic defeated Belgian Olivier Rochus 6-3, 7-5; and Italian Simone Bolelli beat Spain's Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (7-4), 6-1. Bolelli will meet U.S. Open runner-up Andy Murray on Tuesday.

Argentine David Nalbandian upset Swiss superstar Roger Federer in last year's Madrid finale. This week's top seeds are French Open, Wimbledon and Olympic champion Rafael Nadal, the U.S. Open titlist Federer and Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic. Nadal, world No. 1, will play Latvian Ernests Gulbis on Tuesday.