Estoril Open 2007 News and Events

Two teams who have won ATP titles this season locked horns in the Estoril Open first round on Monday.

Argentines Martin Garcia and Sebastien Prieto defeated No. 4 seeds American Eric Butorac and Jamie Murray of Scotland 4-6, 6-4, 10-6 (Match TB) in 76 minutes.

Garcia and Prieto, improve to 5-7 this year having won the Buenos Aires title in February over Albert Montanes and Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo.

Butorac and Murray suffer their second consecutive first round exit.

The pair has a 10-5 season record. They clinched back-to-back ATP titles in San Jose (d. Haggard-Schuettler) and Memphis (d. Knowle-Melzer) in February.

Garcia and Prieto will next meet either Americans Scott Lipsky and Tripp Phillips or Belarusian wild cards Max Mirnyi and Vladimir Voltchkov.

In the women’s competition, Stephanie Cohen-Aloro and Selima Sfar knocked out No. 2 seeds Marion Bartoli and Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 3-6, 10-7 (Match TB).

But there was better news for third-seeded Eleni Daniilidou and Jasmin Woehr, who edged past Alberta Brianti and Margalita Chakhnashvili 6-3, 5-7, 10-8 (Match TB).