Tennis

Davydenko cruises into 2nd round in Valencia

Published Nov. 2, 2009 8:09 p.m. ET

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Nikolay Davydenko of Russia broke Colombian qualifier Alejandro Falla five times Monday to win 6-2, 6-1 in the opening round of the Valencia Open.

Tomas Berdych fired eight aces to beat Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-3, 6-4 in the hard-court tournament at the City of Arts and Sciences. The Czech also saved all four breakpoints chances.

Albert Montanes defeated qualifier Roberto Bautista-Agut 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 in an all-Spanish match, and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain beat Simon Greul of Germany 7-5, 6-2.

The tournament was played on clay in the previous 14 editions.

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