Mathieu upended on first day in Hamburg

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07/19/2010 - Hamburg, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Paul-Henri Mathieu, who was defeated in the final of last year's event, was upset by qualifier Pere Riba on the first day of play at the 2010 Hamburg Open.

Mathieu won the first set handily, 6-1, but then was outplayed by the Spaniard, who won the next two sets, 6-0, 6-3.

The Frenchman struggled with his serve, landing only 47 percent of his first serves, while Riba landed 68 percent of his.

Italian Simone Bolelli, another qualifier, knocked off Germany's Simon Greul, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4) to advance to the second round behind nine aces. Greul, a native of Stuttgart, had advanced to the quarterfinals in last year's event.

Florent Serra of France defeated Kazakhstan's Evgeny Korolev, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3 to advance to the second round and a meeting with top seed and defending champion Nikolay Davydenko.

Also on Monday, Florian Mayer of Germany bested Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay, 6-4, 6-1; Italy's Potito Starace got by German Bjor Phau, 7-5, 6-0; Jan Hajek turned back another German, Andreas Beck, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 and Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev was able to beat yet another German, Mischa Zverev, 7-5, 6-1.

France's Jeremy Chardy knocked off Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland, 6-4, 6-1; Fabio Fognini of Italy squeezed past Spain's Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4; Jarkko Nieminen of Finland edged Belgium's Christophe Rochus, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) while Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina toppled Christophe's brother Olivier Rochus, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 and Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan stopped Czechoslovakia's Lukas Rosol, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

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Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.