EASTBOURNE (England), June 19: Marcos Baghdatis beat eighth seed Pablo Andujar of Spain 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the Eastbourne International on Monday.

The Cypriot led 3-0 and lost only four points in the final three games of the opening set in the grass-court Wimbledon warm-up. Results (prefix number denotes seeding):

Men’s singles:

First round: Ryan Harrison (US) bt Vasek Pospisil (Canada) 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (8-6); Jamie Baker (Britain) bt Donald Young (US) 6-1, 6-4; Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) bt 8-Pablo Andujar (Spain) 6-1, 6-1; Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Fabio Fognini (Italy) bt Albert Ramos (Spain) 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (3-7), 6-2; Jeremy Chardy (France) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-4); Marinka Matosevic (Australia) bt James Ward (Britain) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Women’s singles:

First round: Tamira Paszek (Austria) bt Marina Erakovic (New Zealand) 7-5, 6-1; 8-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) bt Anne Keothavong (Britain) 6-2, 6-3; Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada) bt Galina Voskoboeva (Kazakhstan) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5); Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa) bt Mona Barthel (Germany) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1. STOSUR STUNNED

DEN BOSCH (Netherlands): US Open champion Sam Stosur lost in the opening round of the Ben Bosch Open on Monday, falling 7-6, 6-3 to Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium.

Results:

Men’s singles:

First round: 3-Juergen Melzer (Austria) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) 6-1, 6-1; Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) bt Ivan Dodig (Croatia) 6-4, 6-4; Philipp Petzschner (Germany) bt Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) 6-4, 6-2; Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) bt Mikhail Ledovskikh (Russia) 6-4, 6-2; Mate Pavic (Croatia) bt 4-Robin Haase (Netherlands) 6-4, 7-6 (7-2); Benoit Paire (France) bt David Goffin (Belgium) 6-1, 6-4; Alejandro Falla (Colombia) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spain) 6-4, 6-4; Olivier Rochus (Belgium) bt Malek Jaziri (Tunisia) 6-3, 4-0 — Jaziri retired; Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) bt 5-Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (4-7), 6-3; Igor Sijsling (Netherlands) bt 6-Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) 6-2, 6-4.

Women’s singles:

First round: Arantxa Rus (Netherlands) bt Pauline Parmentier (France) 6-3, 6-4; Francesca Schiavone (Italy) bt 5-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5; Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) bt 1-Samantha Stosur (Australia) 7-6 (9-7), 6-3; Urszula Radwanska (Poland) bt Ksenia Pervak (Kazakhstan) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; 3-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) bt Alexandra Cadantu (Romania) 6-2, 6-2; 6-Roberta Vinci (Italy) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) 6-3, 7-5; Monica Niculescu (Romania) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Czech Republic) 7-6 (8-6), 6-3; Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukraine) bt 2-Sara Errani (Italy) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; Shahar Peer (Israel) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzbekistan) 6-2, 6-4; Irina Begu (Romania) bt Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) 6-4, 6-1; 8-Nadia Petrova (Russia) bt Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) 6-2, 6-4; Kim Clijsters (Belgium) bt Romina Oprandi (Switzerland) 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-3; Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) bt Simona Halep (Romania) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2; 4-Flavia Pennetta (Italy) bt Olga Govortsova (Belarus) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1.—Agencies