Nalbandian knocks out Moya

paleromo: second seed carlos moya of spain became the first seeded player to be knocked out of the atp tournament in palermo. he went down in three sets to argentina's david nalbandian. nalbandian outlasted the world's 20th-ranked star 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in the first round match. in other matches, four seeded players advanced in straight sets. spain's tommy robredo, seeded fourth, beat countryman german puentes 6-3, 6-0 in the opening round action. also rolling into the second round of the $400,000 tournament were sweden's andreas vinciguerra (no.6) and another pair of spaniards, albert costa (5) and galo blanco (8). unseeded players italy's federico luzzi, argentina's mariano zabaleta and spain's david sanchez also advanced. the tournament's top five seeded players were all spaniards, led by french open finalist alex corretja. safin, chang advance: marat safin and michael chang sailed through in straight sets into the second round of the $400,000 hong kong open while andy roddick fell victim to a foot injury. roddick of the united states limped off the court with a painful injury to his right foot on his hong kong debut. his withdrawal after one hour, 43 minutes of battle gifted brazil's andre sa a ticket to the second round with the scores at 3-6, 6-4, 3-3. chinese-american chang, seeded seventh, began his 11th career appearance at victoria park with a 7-6 (7/3), 7-5 win over fellow countryman james blake in a late-night thriller. second-seeded marat safin overcame a spirited challenge from local hero john hui who saved three match points on the way down to defeat. safin, russia's 21-year-old former us open champion, beat hong kong's hui 6-3, 6-2 taking exactly an hour to tame the feisty outsider. elsewhere, michel kratochvil of switzerland had to rely on sheer willpower to overcome acute tiredness and spanish veteran francisco clavet for a 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/4) win.