[February 10, 2010] German Haas advances at ATP SAP Open Tweet WASHINGTON, Feb 10, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Fourth-seeded German Tommy Haas had to raise his game much above his level before beating wild card Devin Britton 6-4, 7-6(3) in the opening round at the ATP SAP Open on Tuesday. "His serve was working really well for him - not only really hard but with good placement and I could not get a good read on it," Haas said. "Also serving and volleying on second serve and mixing it up, that really surprised me.I played good at the times I needed. The first match is always tough anyway because you never know how you're going to feel," he added. Sixth-seeded German Philipp Kohlschreiber also advanced, downing American Rajeev Ram 6-7(7), 6-1, 6-3, and seventh-seeded American Sam Querrey beat Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-3, 6-2. Germany's Bjorn Phau beat eighth-seeded Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 6-1. American Michael Russell, who played in his first professional tournament two years ago when he was 15, beat lucky loser Im Kyu Tae of South Korea 7-6(6), 6-1. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]