Defending champion Almagro has tough first-round win in Brazil

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02/09/2009 - Costa do Sauipe, Brazil (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Defending champion Nicolas Almagro of Spain had a rough first-round match, but got by Brazilian wild card Ricardo Hocevar, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 on Monday at the $562,500 Brasil Open.

The top-seeded Almagro, who beat Spaniard Carlos Moya in last year's finale here, drew a second-round match against Argentine Martin Vassallo Arguello. He was a winner over Chilean Nicolas Massu, 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-4 on the red clay at Costa do Sauipe-Salvador.

Also Monday, fifth seed Marcel Granollers of Spain topped Brazilian wild card Flavio Saretta, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1, sixth-seeded Argentine Eduardo Schwank defeated fellow countryman Diego Junqueira, 6-1, 7-5, and Spaniard Alberto Martin downed Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti, 6-4, 7-5

This week's champion will claim $90,000.

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