Topic: Frenchman Florent Serra

Second-seeded Rafael Nadal stayed on a roll with a first-round win but 11th-seeded Kei Nishikori fell in an upset Monday on the opening day of the U.S. Open.

Seventh-seeded Marcos Baghdatis was an easy straight-set winner Monday in first-round play of the $700,000 Open 13 tennis tournament in France.

American Sam Querrey was a first-round winner at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships Monday, beating Argentine Guillermo Canas 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.

World No. 3 Novak Djokovic and former world No. 1 Andy Roddick were among Tuesday's second-round winners at the $2.9 million Paris Masters.

No. 1 seed Roger Federer downed Mario Ancic 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in a men's third round match Saturday at the French Open in Paris.

Top-seeded Frenchmen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils were first-round winners Monday at the Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco.

Roger Federer bounced back after a slow start Saturday and won his semifinal match at the Estoril Open in Portugal against Denis Gremelmayr in three sets.

Second-seeded American James Blake withdrew with a sore knee Monday from the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships.

Top-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo needed three sets Monday to defeat German Florian Mayer at the $500,000 Open de Moselle.

Austrian Werner Eschauer and Belgian Steve Darcis had semifinal victories Saturday and will meet Sunday in the Dutch Open tennis final.