STUTTGART, Germany (AP)—Eighth-seeded Victor Hanescu of Romania has been beaten in straight sets by Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli in the first round of the Mercedes Cup.
Hanescu, who reached the final here last year, lost 7-6 (4), 6-3 to the 66th-ranked Chiudinelli in a match that saw a lineswoman collapse with circulatory problems caused by the very hot temperatures. She had to be carried off the court but Red Cross officials said later that she was feeling better.
Germany's Mischa Zverev beat Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-4, 6-3 in the other first-round match Monday at the TC Weissenhof grounds, and next will take on second-seeded Juergen Melzer of Austria.