Verdasco knocked out

Second seed Fernando Verdasco has been knocked out of the ATP Regions Morgan Keegan Championships by Jeremy Chardy.

Second seed unable to continue San Jose form

Second seed Fernando Verdasco has been knocked out of the ATP Regions Morgan Keegan Championships after suffering a straight sets defeat to Jeremy Chardy in Memphis. The Spaniard beat Andy Roddick to take the SAP Open title in San Jose on Sunday but could not continue his good run, with unseeded Frenchman Chardy winning the match 7-6 (7/4) 6-3. Seventh seed Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany was also eliminated on Tuesday as Kazakhstan's Evgeny Korolev triumphed 7-5 7-5. Tomas Berdych, the fifth seed from Czech Republic, enjoyed an altogether more comfortable route to round two with a 6-2 6-1 win over American qualifier Ryan Sweeting. Latvian youngster Ernests Gulbis and Finn Jarkko Nieminen advanced in straight sets at the expense of American Robert Kendrick and Israel's Dudi Sela respectively. Croatian Ivo Karlovic, Chinese Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu, Slovakia's Lukas Lacko and American Michael Russell all also progressed to round two on Tuesday.