Almagro, Volandri bow out in Bucharest

Bucharest, Romania (Sports Network) - Top seeds Nicolas Almagro and Filippo Volandri were a pair of upset victims Tuesday at the $400,000 Romanian Open.
Almagro gave way to Italian Simone Bolelli, and an elbow injury, as the Spaniard retired from their match. Almagro won the first set 6-4 and was trailing 1-5 in the second when he called it quits.
The 2006 Bucharest runner-up Volandri was sent packing by French qualifier Gael Monfils 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) on the red clay at B.N.R. Arena. The Italian Volandri lost to Austrian Jurgen Melzer in last year's finale here.
Another Day-2 upset occurred when Argentine Carlos Berlocq knocked out seventh-seeded Frenchman Fabrice Santoro 7-6 (7-5), 6-1.
The only seeded victor on Tuesday was No. 3 Italian Potito Starace, who came from behind to best Belgian Kristof Vliegen 3-6, 7-5, 6-2. Starace is now the highest-standing seed remaining in the draw.
A pair of Romanian crowd favorites and wild cards advanced, as Victor Hanescu held off German Florian Mayer 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-3) and Andrei Pavel doused Spaniard Oscar Hernandez 7-5, 7-5.
Additional wins came for Russian qualifier Yuri Schukin, American qualifier Hugo Armando and Frenchman Marc Gicquel.

Ferrer advances, Moya ousted at Swedish Open

Bastad, Sweden (Sports Network) - Second-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer and fellow countryman Nicolas Almagro advanced to the Swedish Open final with semifinal wins on Saturday.
Ferrer needed just over an hour to cruise past fifth-seeded Italian Filippo Volandri, 6-2, 6-1, while Almagro defeated fourth-seeded countryman Carlos Moya, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2, on the clay court.
After splitting the first two sets, Almagro broke Moya in the second game of the third set and jumped out to a 4-1 lead. Moya, the 2002 champion at this event, missed out on a break point in the seventh game that would have drawn him within 4-3, but Almagro held and broke Moya for the win.
Both players have won a title this year. Ferrer, though, owns three career titles compared to just two for Almagro.
Sunday will mark the third meeting between these two players. Ferrer, the 15th-ranked player in the world, won both, which came on hard courts.

Almagro is the 37th ranked player in the world.