Horna humbled the Spanish Robredo in 6-1, 1-6, 6-1 fashion at Bastad Tennis Stadium. Robredo, seeded second here last year, bested Russian star Nikolay Davydenko, the top seed in 2006, in last season's Bastad finale.
Another Day-1 upset came when quality Belgian Olivier Rochus drove out third- seeded Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-4, 6-2.
Fourth-seeded Carlos Moya avoided the upset bug by leveling his fellow Spaniard Ivan Navarro Pastor 6-2, 6-4, while fifth-seeded Italian Filippo Volandri advanced by overcoming his countryman Federico Luzzi 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. The former world No. 1 Moya titled here back in 2002.
In other play, Spaniard Nicolas Almagro got past Swedish wild card Filip Prpic 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, Czech Lukas Dlouhy downed Swedish wild card Michael Ryderstedt 6-1, 6-4 and Chilean Nicolas Massu overcame Russian Evgeny Korolev 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Dlouhy will face Rochus in the second round at this post-Wimbledon event.
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