Davydenko retires from Swiss Open

Davydenko retires from Swiss Open

Associated Press Posted: 2 days ago

GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP) - Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko retired with an injured wrist Tuesday against Armenia's Sargis Sargsian in the first round of the Swiss Open.
The Russian had won the first set 6-1 and was leading 1-0 in the second when he withdrew.

Italy's Potito Starace knocked out the sixth-seeded Jiri Novak 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-5.

Second-seeded Gaston Gaudio from Argentina defeated Swiss wildcard George Bastl 7-5, 6-2, and fifth-seeded Ivan Ljubicic from Croatia beat Brazil's Ricardo Mello 6-3, 6-2.

The 24-year-old Davydenko is enjoying the best season of his career, breaking into the top 10 after reaching the semifinals at Roland Garros this year. He also won his fifth career title in St. Poelten, and reached semifinals in Doha, Barcelona, and the Masters Series in Hamburg.

Last month a similar injury forced Davydenko to retire from his second-round match against Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman at Wimbledon.

Previously, Sargsian had won only two matches this season - defeating David Sanchez at the Australian Open and Bobby Reynolds in Indian Wells.

The Armenian has not won back-to-back matches since last year's U.S. Open where he beat Alex Corretja, Nicolas Massu and Paul-Henri Mathieu, before losing to Andre Agassi.

In other first-round play, Romania's Razvan Sabau eliminated Swiss wildcard Michael Lammer 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, and Spain's Feliciano Lopez defeated Russian Igor Andreev 7-5, 6-3.

Also in first-round play, Italy's Andreas Seppi defeated Austria's Stefan Koubek 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6), and the Czech Republic's Jan Hernych eliminated Hugo Armando from the United States 7-5, 6-3.

The Czech Republic's Frantisek Cermak defeated Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 7-5, while Peru's Luis Horna knocked out Czech Thomas Zib 7-6, 6-4.

Spain's Fernando Verdasco defeated Jaroslav Pospisil from the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4.

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