COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- No. 8 seed Victor Hanescu was eliminated from the clay-court Brazil Open tournament Monday in an upset at the hands of Italian Filippo Volandri.
Hanescu, of Romania, went down in straight sets to Volandri 7-5, 6-1, at Costa do Sauipe Bahia. The 88th-ranked Volandri held serve to go up 6-5 in the first set and cruised from there, while Hanescu failed to fire a single ace.