Fognini, Volandri among Day-1 winners in Umag

Fognini blitzed Lithuanian wild card Ricardas Berankis 6-3, 6-2, while the two-time Umag finalist Volandri vaulted past fellow Italian Flavio Cipolla 6-1, 6-4 at ITC Stella Maris. Fognini and Volandri will square off here in the round of 16.

In other Day-1 action, Serbian Boris Pashanski snuck past Italian qualifier Gianluca Naso 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (11-9); Croat Roko Karanusic clipped Italian qualifier Francesco Piccari 6-2, 6-2; and French qualifier Mathieu Montcourt mauled Croatian wild card Antonio Veic 6-4, 6-2. Montcourt is rewarded with a second-round match against top-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco.

This week's top seeds are Verdasco, Croatian favorite Ivo Karlovic and five- time Umag titlist Carlos Moya. The Spanish Moya beat Romanian Andrei Pavel in last year's finale and also titled here in 1996 and from 2001-03.

The 2008 Umag champion will collect $86,000.