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Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia beat Brazil's Ricardo Mello 6-3, 6-1 and third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia defeated Jose Acasuso of Argentina 7-6 (2), 6-3 Monday in the first round of the Open de Moselle. Also, fifth-seeded Robin Soderling of Sweden beat Tomas Zib of the Czech Republic 7-6 (5), 6-4 and No.

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