No 5 seed Siemerink was beaten by veteran Italian Gianluca Pozzi in three sets. Dutchman Siemerink, who recently won the Toulouse Open, seemed on course for victory after coasting through the first set, 6-2.

But a resurgent Pozzi, ranked 58 in the world -- 43 places below Siemerink -- quickly improved his first serve and put the No 5 seed under pressure with a series of fine forehand returns.

After winning the second set 6-4, Pozzi won a vital service break in the third game of the final set and broke again to go 4-1 ahead. Siemerink broke back immediately and, at 4-3, had a chance to go level with the score at 0-30.

But the 33-year-old Italian hit a stunning forehand to get back into the game andran out a comfortable winner against a dejected Siemerink.

French No 1 Cedric Pioline, a two-time Lyon finalist, was the only seeded player to win Monday, winning a tough match against countryman Sebastien Grosjean 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-1 in two hours 12 minutes.

France's Nicolas Escude had little trouble qualifying for round two, overcoming Spain's Juan Antonio Marin 6-0, 6-4 in less than an hour.

In a match between two promising 20-year-olds, Germany's Tommy Haas beat Arnaud Clement of France 6-2, 6-7 (7-9), 6-4. For the first time, the world's top three players are at the $750,000 dollars Lyon Grand prix ATP tournament.

Safin cleans up Korda

OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC: Russian junior Marat Safin has upset top-seeded Petr Korda of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the $1 million Czech Indoor tournament.

Korda yesterday started the match with several unforced errors and soon lost his serve to the 18-year-old Safin. Safin gained a 3-1 lead and easily won the first set, capitalizingon his powerful serve and clever play at the net.

Safin wasted no time in the second set, beating Korda in less than 30 minutes. Seventh-seeded Thomas Enquist of Sweden beat doubles specialist Paul Haarhuis of the Netherlands 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Also, eighth-seeded Thomas Johansson of Sweden beat Australian Andrew Ilie 6-4, 6-4, France's Guillaume Raoux defeated Mikael Tillstrom of Sweden 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), home-crowd favorite Jiri Novak rallied to beat wild card Nicolas Kiefer of Germany 7-6 (7-5), 0-6, 7-6 (7-2), and Wayne Black of Zimbabwe overpowered Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-3.