Results from the opening day of the one-million-dollar Saint Petersburg Open ATP tennis tournament here on Monday (x denotes seeds):

FIRST ROUND: Florent Serra (FRA) bt Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-4; Jurgen Melzer (AUT) bt Vadim Davletshin (RUS) 6-3, 6-4; Robin Vik (CZE) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x6) 6-4, 6-4.

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