Murray advances, Mathieu loses in Metz

METZ, France, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Brit Andy Murray advanced but fourth-seeded Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu lost Tuesday at the $500,000 Open de Moselle.

Murray defeated Serbian Janko Tipsarevic 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, while Mathieu lost to fellow Frenchman Julien Benneteau 6-4, 6-1.

In other upsets, Russian qualifier Evgeny Korolev beat fifth-seeded Italian Potito Starace 6-3, 6-3 and Austrian Stefan Koubek defeated sixth-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-1.

Former Metz champion Arnaud Clement of France lost to Italian Andreas Seppi 6-2, 6-4. Also, last year's Metz runner-up Jurgen Melzer of Austria beat Frenchman David Guez 7-5, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2. Melzer lost to Serbian Novak Djokovic in last year's finale.