Fifth-seeded Frenchman Fabrice Santoro and sixth-seeded German Benjamin Becker were first-round losers Tuesday at the Open de Moselle. Santoro, a 36-year-old who plans to retire at the end of this season, lost to Belgian Christophe Rochus 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3).

Germany's Benjamin Becker tallied 27 aces Tuesday in a marathon win over American Robby Ginepri at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington. Becker finally got the better of the game American 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (1-7), 7-6 (7-4) and moves on to face top seed Andy Roddick in Wednesday's second round. Roddick

American John Isner knocked off Germany's Benjamin Becker 7-6 (8) and 7-6 (3) in the toughest match of Tuesday's opening round at the LA Tennis Open. Isner had to go to the tie-breaker before finally winning the match over the seventh-seeded Becker and moving on to face Marco Baghdatis of Cyprus. Baghdatis,

Former champion Robby Ginepri and 2008 runner-up Prakash Amritraj were opening round winners Monday at the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, R.I. American Ginepri, the 2003 Newport champion, defeated Spaniard Santiago Ventura 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 and Indian wild card Amritraj beat Thai Danai Udomchoke 6-1, 6-4.

Germany's Benjamin Becker beat Dutchman Raemon Sluiter 7-5, 6-3 Saturday to win the Ordina Open at 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. His first career title was worth $100,000. I really played well (but) I was surprised I started off well too today, Becker said after becoming the first German to reach the Ordina final since Karsten Braasch was the runner-up in 1994.