Amersfoort, Netherlands (Sports Network) - Unseeded Frenchman Nicolas Devilder blitzed fifth-seeded Agustin Calleri in the opening round of the Dutch Open Monday.Devilder needed less than an hour to dispatch the Argentine, 6-3, 6-1 in the clay court tournament.
Meanwhile sixth-seeded Dominik Hrbaty also fell. Evgeny Korolev of Russia dispatched the Slovakian star in three sets, 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3.
There were no other seeded players scheduled for action Monday.
Other first round winners included hometown favorite Robin Haase, who defeated Spaniard Felix Mantilla, 6-3, 6-2, and Argentine Mariano Zabaleta, who got the best of Kristof Vliegen of Belgium, 6-3, 6-3.
Frenchman Gilles Simon upended Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, 6-2, 6-4, and Victor Hanescu of Romania outlasted Spaniard Albert Montanes, 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 7-6 (7-4).
Chile's Nicolas Massu and Dutchman Thiemo De Baker had their first-round match suspended by darkness with Massu holding a 5-4 lead. Also, Sergio Roitman, of Argentina, and Frenchman Jeremy Chardy had their match suspended due to rain with it knotted at 6-6.
Top-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko faces Frenchman Florent Serra in his opening match while fellow Russian Mikhail Youzhny, the second seed, is set to face off with Martin Vassallo Arguello in his first test.
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