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Guillermo Coria’s defeat in the first round in Munich was surprising, the way in which he lost wasn’t. Coria racked up another 17 double-faults and German qualifier Denis Gremelmayr was on hand to make use of the Argentinian’s current instability. Plenty of other seeds crashed out in what can only be described as a first round massacre.

2nd seed Mario Ancic lost to German Philipp Kohlschreiber, 4th seed Tommy Haas lost to Croat Ivo Karlovic, 6th seed Paradorn Srichaphan lost to Argentine Juan Monaco, 7th seed Mikhail Youzhny lost to Austrian Jurgen Melzer and last but not least 8th seed Florent Serra lost to Swede Robin Soderling.

Therefore the favourite to win the tournament has become 3rd seed Jarkko Nieminen, who managed to avoid defeat against Romanian veteran Andrei Pavel, by winning 2 tough tie-breaks in his first round match.

First round results Munich:

Denis Gremelmayr (GER,Q) d. Guillermo Coria (ARG,1) 3-6 6-2 6-3
Alexander Peya (AUT,Q) d. Dieter Kindlmann (GER,Q) 6-3 6-4
Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo (ESP) d. Tobias Summerer (GER,Q) 6-1 6-2
Olivier Rochus (BEL,5) d. Julia Silva (BRA,LL) 6-2 6-0
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) d. Tommy Haas (GER,4) 6-3 7-6(3)
Bjorn Phau (GER) d. Tomas Behrend (GER,LL) 3-2 ret.
Simon Greul (GER,WC) d. Boris Pashanski (SCG) 6-3 6-7(0) 7-6(8)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS,7) 6-3 6-4
Juan Monaco (ARG) d. Paradorn Srichaphan (THA,6) 6-4 6-4
Robin Vik (CZE) d. Rainer Schuettler (GER) 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3
Alexander Waske (GER,WC) d. Florian Mayer (GER) 7-6(4) 6-3
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN,3) d. Andrei Pavel (ROM) 7-6(7) 7-6(7)
Robin Soderling (SWE) d. Florent Serra (FRA,8) 6-7(6) 7-5 6-4
Kristof Vliegen (BEL) d. Janko Tipsarevic (SCG) 5-7 6-2 6-4
Jan Hernych (CZE) d. Andreas Beck (GER,WC) 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) d. Mario Ancic (CRO,2) 7-6(3) 7-6(5)

Second round draw Munich:

Denis Gremelmayr (GER,Q) vs. Alexander Peya (AUT,Q)
Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo (ESP) vs. Olivier Rochus (BEL,5)
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs. Bjorn Phau (GER)
Simon Greul (GER,WC) vs. Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Juan Monaco (ARG) vs. Robin Vik (CZE)
Alexander Waske (GER,WC) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN,3)
Robin Soderling (SWE) vs. Kristof Vliegen (BEL)
Jan Hernych (CZE) vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)

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