Montreal, August 9:

Andre Agassi defeated Alberto Martin of Spain 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the Rogers Cup.

The fourth-seeded Agassi finessed his way from the baseline with steady groundstrokes, capitalising on mistakes by his 26-year-old opponent. Agassi’s next opponent will be Jonas Bjorkman, who beat Vincent Spadea 6-3, 6-2. Fifth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia defeated Frederic Niemeyer of Canada 6-2, 6-1, while Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia rallied to upset 10th-seeded Tim Henman 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. In other matches, Gaston Gaudio defeated Davide Sanguinetti 1-6, 7-6, 7-5; Mariano Puerta outlasted Luis Horna 7-6, 7-6; David Nalbandian beat Juan Ignacio Chela 6-4, 6-1; Tommy Robredo beat Kevin Kim 7-5, 3-6, 6-1; Richard Gasquet beat Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 7-6; Max Mirnyi beat Fernando Gonzalez 7-6, 6-4; Olivier Rochus beat Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 6-4; Mario Ancic beat Cyril Saulnier 6-3, 7-6; Karol Beck beat Noam Okun 6-3, 6-2; Andrei Pavel beat Christophe Rochus 6-1, 7-5; Ricardo Mello beat Philip Bester 6-4, 6-2; and Greg Rusedski beat Stanislas Wawrinka 6-7, 6-2, 6-3.

JPMorgan Open

CARSON: Jie Zheng of China upset 11th-seeded Shinobu Asagoe of Japan 6-7, 6-3, 6-0 in the first round of the JPMorgan Chase Open. Francesca Schiavone of Italy beat Dally Randriantefy 7-5, 6-3; Gisela Dulko beat Fabiola Zuluaga 6-3, 6-3; Anna Chakvetadze beat Li Na 7-5, 6-4; Maria Kirile-nko beat Marissa Irvin 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; and Amy Frazier beat Abigail Spears 7-6, 6-0.