Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Sports Network) - Only one seeded player saw action
Monday at the Malaysian Open, and Austrian Jurgen Melzer came up a loser on
Day 1.
Canadian Vasek Pospisil was leading the eighth-seeded Melzer 6-4, 2-0 when the
veteran Austrian left-hander retired from his opening-round match on the
indoor hardcourts at Putra Stadium.
The 31-year-old Melzer became a newlywed earlier this month when he married
WTA tennis player Iveta Benesova.
In other opening-round action on Day 1, qualifier Michael Yani bested fellow
American Brian Baker 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), Taiwanese wild card Jimmy Wang handled
Italian qualifier Riccardo Ghedin 6-3, 6-3 and Dutchman Igor Sijsling whipped
Malaysian wild card Ariez Elyaas Deen Heshaam 6-2, 6-1.
This week's top seeds are Spanish star David Ferrer and Argentine Juan Monaco.
Serb Janko Tipsarevic, who is not defending his title this week, beat Cypriot
Marcos Baghdatis in last year's Kuala Lumpur finale.
The 2012 winner of this $850,000 tournament will claim $153,400.
The Sports Network