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Second-seeded Albert Montanes of Spain lost in the second round of the Brazil Open to Ricardo Mello(Above) of Brazil 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday.
It was Montanes' first match in the clay-court tournament after receiving a bye into the second round.
Sixth-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain, who won the Movistar Open on Sunday in Chile, was also bounced out as countryman Pablo Andujar won 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.
Other seeded players had better luck.
Top-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain defeated Joao Souza of Brazil 6-2, 6-2, while No. 3 seed Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil beat Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 6-4, 7-5 and No. 4 seed Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine downed Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 7-5, 6-4.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=6106153
