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Top-seeded Tommy Haas advanced to the quarterfinals but three-time champion Nicolas Almagro was bounced Wednesday at the Brasil Open.

Brazilian wild cards Thomaz Bellucci and Rogerio Dutra Silva each logged an upset of a seeded opponent Tuesday, highlighting Day 2 play at the Brasil Open.

Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer each rolled through second-round wins Tuesday at the Italian Masters tennis tournament in Rome.

Seeded players Marin Cilic and Kei Nishikori collected first-round wins Monday at the Italian Masters tennis tournament in Rome.

Croatian Mate Pavic pulled off an upset of former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero Tuesday in first-round action at the Croatia Open tennis event.

Top-seeded David Ferrer advanced but No. 2-seed Viktor Troicki was beaten Tuesday as the first round wrapped up at the UNICEF Open in the Netherlands.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Rafael Nadal will take on Italian players in the first round of the French Open.

Qualifier Robert Farah eliminated seventh-seeded Nikolay Davydenko in Tuesday's first-round play at the BMW Open tennis tournament in Germany.

Xavier Malisse defeated second-seeded and defending champion Florian Mayer in Wednesday's second-round play at the ATP tournament in Romania.

No. 7-seed Lukasz Kubot was a first-round winner Monday in the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy tennis tournament in Romania.