The top eight seeds, led by world number one Pete Sampras and fourth-ranked Patrick Rafter of Australia, received first-round byes.

Other Results

Vince Spadea (US) bt 9-Felix Mantilla (Spain) 6-3 6-7 (2/7) 6-2; 10-Thomas Enqvist (Swed) bt Mose Navarra (Italy) 7-5 6-0; Grant Stafford (SA) bt 11-Nicolas Lapentti (Ecuad) 6-3 7-5; Magnus Norman (Swed) bt 13-Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3; 14-Cedric Pioline (France) bt Jeff Morrison (US) 7-6 (8/6) 6-3; Max Mirnyi (Belarus) bt 16-Fernando Meligeni (Brazil) 7-6 (7/5) 6-3; Arnaud Di Pasquale (France) bt Guillermo Canas (Arg) 7-5 6-1; Sebastien Grosjean (France) bt Richey Reneberg (US) 7-6 (7/4) 6-3; Arnaud Clement (France) bt Bohdan Ulihrach (Czech) 6-4 6-4.

CAPRIATI WINS: American Jennifer Capriatibeat Spain's Angeles Montolio 6-1 6-3 in the first round of the Canadian Open yesterday. The ninth-seeded Barbara Schett, the highest seed in action -- the top eight led by Martina Hingis had a bye -- defeated Alexandra Stevenson 6-2 7-5.

The WTA Tour event was hit by setbacks, when German Steffi Graf and Russian Anna Kournikova pulled out, the latter due to a stress fracture in her right foot.

Other Results

10-Sandrine Testud (France) bt Mariaan De Swardt (SA) 6-4 (retired after injury); 16-Chanda Rubin bt Sarah Pitkowski (France) 6-2 6-3.

GIMELSTOB WINS: American Justin Gimelstob was a spoiler for the second straight week, upsetting 15th-seeded Richard Fromberg of Australia 6-4 2-6 7-6 (7-4) in the Legg Mason classic at Washington.

Other Results

10-Rainer Schuttler (Germ) bt Nicklas Kulti (Swed) 6-1 7-5; Paul Goldstein (US) bt Cecil Mamiit (US) 7-5 6-4.