Topic: Andrei Pavel

The Australian Open draw, released Thursday, has top-seed Rafael Nadal of Spain playing Christophe Rochus of Belgium in the first round.

France completed a 5-0 shutout in Romania Sunday, advancing to the Davis Cup quarterfinals against the United States in April.

Former champion Ivan Ljubicic was among Tuesday's first-round winners at the Lyon Tennis Grand Prix.

Britain's Andy Murray, Cyprus' Marcos Baghdatis and American Robby Ginepri were among Monday's first-round winners at the Madrid Masters tennis tournament.

France's Gilles Simon rallied for a three-set victory over Bucharest's Victor Hanescu Sunday in the Romanian Open final.

No. 3-seeded Potito Starace advanced to the quarterfinals of the $400,000 Romanian Open with a straight-set victory Thursday in the clay-court tournament.

Igor Andreev, a two-time runner-up in the event, was upset Wednesday during second-round play at the $400,000 Romanian Open clay-court tennis tournament.

Tournament top seeds Nicolas Almagro and Filippo Volandri are both out after first-round matches at the $400,000 Romanian Open clay-court tennis event.

Rafael Nadal had a shorter-than-expected match at the U.S. Open Friday night, while Novak Djokovic survived an encounter that went on and on and on.

Defending champion Nikolay Davydenko was a straight-set winner Tuesday in first-round play at the clay-court Orange Prokom Open in Poland.