Top-seeded Rafael Nadal overcame a sluggish start to beat Fernando Verdasco, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, in the first round of the Hamburg Open in Germany.
Second-seeded Tommy Robredo rallied for a 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2 win over the wild-card entry Alexander Zverev. Third-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut, fourth-seeded Andreas Seppi and sixth-seeded Juan Mónaco all advanced to the second round.
u25a0 Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil eased to a 6-2, 6-3 first-round victory over Kimmer Coppejans of Belgium in the Swiss Open in Gstaad. Bellucci won the Gstaad clay-court title in 2009 and 2012.
The 2013 champion, Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, was eliminated after a 6-1, 6-2 loss to seventh-seeded Pablo Carreño of Spain, and the 2011 winner, Marcel Granollers of Spain, lost, 1-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4, to Robin Haase of the Netherlands.