Bjorkman, Mathieu, Ginepri move on at Queen's Club

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06/11/2007 - London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Swedish veteran Jonas Bjorkman, 12th-seeded Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu and 15th-seeded American Robby Ginepri were among Monday's first-round winners at The Artois Championships, a grass-court Wimbledon tune-up.

The 11th-seeded Bjorkman, a 2006 Wimbledon semifinalist, held off American Justin Gimelstob 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, while Mathieu snuck past Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 and Ginepri handled Brit Richard Bloomfield 6-4, 6-2 at The Queen's Club.

Fourteenth-seeded Frenchman Arnaud Clement also advanced by besting Spaniard Ivan Navarro Pastor 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.

Mild upsets came when Colombian Alejandro Falla took out 10th-seeded Frenchman Julien Benneteau 7-5, 6-3, Brit Alex Bogdanovic beat 13th-seeded Korean Hyung- Taik Lee 6-4, 6-4 and Belarusian Max Mirnyi erased 16th-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-3.

Argentine Juan Martin del Potro dismissed former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson of Sweden 6-2, 6-4, while Czech Radek Stepanek bested Italian Davide Sanguinetti 6-2, 2-0, retired.

Other first-round winners were France's Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut, Thai Danai Udomchoke, Aussie Chris Guccione and Britain's Jamie Baker.

This week's top seeds are reigning three-time French Open champ Rafael Nadal, former world No. 1 American Andy Roddick, Aussie Open finalist Fernando Gonzalez of Chile and Roland Garros semifinalist Novak Djokovic of Serbia. Roddick was the back-to-back-to-back Queen's Club champion from 2003-05. The Spanish sensation Nadal will open his stay here against del Potro, while Roddick will encounter Stepanek.

Sixth-seeded Aussie Lleyton Hewitt is the defending Artois champ. The four- time titlist defeated American James Blake in last year's finale.

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