Russian Mikhail Youzhny and German Andreas Beck were first-round winners Sunday in the Allianz Suisse Open in Gstaad, Switzerland. Youzhny eliminated Gaston Gaudio of Argentina 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 and Beck scored a 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 win over Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland. No other matches were scheduled

Fourth-seeded Victor Hanescu beat Rainer Schuettler Wednesday 6-2, 6-1 and easily advanced to the quarterfinals at the Mercedes Cup tennis tournament. The surprisingly lopsided first-round match lasted just 56 minutes, with the 27-year-old Hanescu converting 4-of-8 break points and surrendered just 10 points on his serve. Elsewhere, Martin Vassallo Arguello rallied to beat Andrey Golubev 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 and Paul-Henri Mathieu edged Mikhail Youzhny 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4). With his victory Wednesday, Mathieu broke a string of four straight losses against Youzhny. He faced a service break in set No.

Harel Levy and Dudi Sela each won in four sets Friday, putting home-standing Israel ahead 2-0 in its Davis Cup quarterfinals against Russia. Levy, ranked No. 210 in the world, opened the best-of-five series with a 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 win over No.

Dudi Sela, after a surprising fourth-round Wimbledon showing, leads Israel's Davis Cup team against Russia in a best-of-five quarterfinal series. Sela upset two top-15 players during his run at Wimbledon and has moved to 33rd in the world ahead of Friday's two singles Davis Cup matches to be played on an indoor hard court in Tel Aviv. Harel Levy will open Friday for the Israelis against Russia's Mikhail Youzhny before Sela faces Igor Andreev, who at No.

Second-seeded Jurgen Melzer and No. 7-seeded Mikhail Youzhny set up a quarterfinal pairing with wins Wednesday at the Austrian Open. Melzer, the crowd favorite since he's from Austria, defeated Agustin Calleri, 6-4, 7-5.