Andreas Seppi of Italy beat seventh-seeded Michael Berrer of Germany 6-3, 7-5 in the first round of the Open de Nice on Sunday. Seppi broke Berrer four times at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club. He will next face Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine, who rallied to defeat Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Nice is organizing an ATP Tour event for the first time since 1995.
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