Baghdatis wins opening match in Vancouver

VANCOUVER, Canada - Former world top-10 Marcos Baghdatis won his opening-round match at the $175,000 Odlum Brown VanOpen, a USTA Pro Circuit event in Vancouver, Canada. Baghdatis, the tournament's third seed, defeated 2009 NCAA champion Devin Britton, 6-4, 6-2.

American wild card Taylor Dent held off Ryler DeHeart of the U.S., 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Earlier in the day, Ryan Harrison of the U.S. upset second-seed Michael Berrer of Germany, 7-5, 6-2, while American Tim Smyzcek knocked off fourth seed Harel Levy of Israel, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Australia's Carsten Ball, coming off a loss to Sam Querrey in the final of the LA Tennis Open on Sunday, dropped his opening-round match in Vancouver, 6-4, 7-5, to American Lester Cook.

In women's action, Stephanie Dubois, the second seed and the top Canadian in the draw, survived a scare in her first match, outlasting American Ahsha Rolle, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6. Third seed Madison Brengle of the U.S. was a 6-3, 6-3 winner over Taipei's Kai-Chen Chang.

Odlum Brown VanOpen
Tuesday August 4, 2009
Hollyburn Country Club
West Vancouver, BC
$175,000 US
Hard Court

Men's Singles -- First Round
Tim Smyczek, United States d. Harel Levy (4), Israel 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
Ryan Harrison, United States d. Michael Berrer (2), Germany 7-5, 6-2
Marcos Baghdatis (3), Cyprus d. Devin Britton, United States 6-4, 6-2
Lester Cook, United States d. Carsten Ball, Australia 6-4, 7-5
Taylor Dent, United States d. Ryler DeHeart, United States 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

Men's Doubles -- First Round
Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski (4), Great Britain d. Brian Battistone and Nicholas Monroe, United States 6-3, 6-4
Kyu Tae Im, Korea and Marinko Matosevic, Australia d. Prakash Amritraj, India and Aisam Ul-Haq Qureshi (3), Pakistan 6-2, 6-2
Amir Hadad and Harel Levy, Israel d. Harsh Mankad, India and David Martin, United States 7-6(7), 6-2
Alex Kuznetsov and Ryan Sweeting, United States d. Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky (1), United States 6-4, 7-6(1)
Kevin Anderson and Rik De Voest, South Africa d. Stephen Amritraj, India and Rajeev Ram, United States 6-3, 6-2

Women's Singles -- First Round
Sharon Fichman, Canada d. Julia Cohen, United States 6-0, 6-4
Madison Brengle (3), United States d. Kai-Chen Chang, Taipei 6-3, 6-3
Julia Glushko, Israel d. Megan Moulton-Levy, United States 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Stephanie Dubois (2), Canada d. Ahsha Rolle, United States 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(7)

Women's Doubles -- First Round
Kai-Chen Chang, Taipei and Tetiana Luzhanska (3), Ukraine d. Story Tweedie-Yates and Jacquelini Cako, United States 6-0, 6-4
Yi Chen, Taipei and Mashona Washington (2), United States d. Kristina Blajkevitch and Marianne Jodoin, Canada  6-1, 6-1
Sharon Fichman and Marie-Eve Pelletier (1), Canada d. Kimberly Coutts, United States and Valerie Tetreault, Canada 7-5, 7-6(2)
Lindsay Lee-Waters and Ashley Weinhold, United States d. Lauren Albanese and Mallory Cecil, United States 6-1, 6-7(4), 13-11
Rebecca Marino, Canada and Lena Litvak, United States d. Gail Brodsky and Stacey Tan, United States 4-6, 6-2, 10-3
Christina Fusano and Megan Moulton-Levy, United States d. Jorgelina Cravero, Argentina and Anna Tatishvili, Georgia 6-4, 6-3

Tags: Ahsha Rolle, Alex Kuznetsov, Ashley Weinhold, Brian Battistone, David Martin, Devin Britton, Eric Butorac, Jacquelini Cako, Julia Cohen, Kimberly Coutts, Lena Litvak, Lester Cook, Lindsay Lee-Waters, Madison Brengle, Mashona Washington, Megan Moulton-Levy, Megan Moulton-Levy, Nicholas Monroe, Rajeev Ram, Ryan Harrison, Ryan Sweeting, Scott Lipsky, Stacey Tan, Story Tweedie-Yates, Talyor Dent, Tennis, Tim Smyczek