[Rusty Backhand]

No. 1 Nikolay Davydenko led the seeded advance on the opening day Monday at the ATP stop in Metz, joined by fellow seeds Ivan Ljubicic , Dominik Hrbaty Ascione), and Robin Soderling , all in straight sets.

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