Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez rallied Saturday and beat Frenchman Julien Benneteau in the final of the Austrian Open in Kitzbuhel. Garcia-Lopez downed Benneteau 3-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 in the first title match of his career. The French Open tuneup victory was worth $100,000 to Garcia-Lopez. I think it's the best moment in my career, he said.

France's Julien Benneteau and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain were semifinal winners Friday in the Austrian Open. Benneteau eliminated Spaniard Oscar Hernandez 6-3, 6-4 and Garcia-Lopez defeated Russian Mikhail Youzhny, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5). Youzhny had been the last seeded player still in contention in the clay-court event. Benneteau, ranked No.

Unseeded Croat Ivan Ljubicic beat eighth-seeded Arnaud Clement in three sets in Monday's opening-round play at the Grand Prix Hassan II. Ljubicic defeated the Frenchman 7-6 (8-6), 5-7, 6-4. Two other seeds avoided upsets Monday when No.

Second-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon struggled but won and unseeded countryman Arnaud Clement upset Marat Safin in Tuesday's opening round of the Open 13. Simon, ranked eighth in the world, fell behind 4-6 before winning the next two sets 6-3, 7-5 to defeat 17-year-old Bulgarian wild card Grigor Dimitrov.

By Bill Barclay PARIS (Reuters) - An impertinent teenager and an over-awed Frenchman proved no match for the seasoned muscle of Rafael Nadal and Ivan Ljubicic at Roland Garros on Wednesday.