Wildcard outclasses Volandri
Wildcard outclasses Volandri 
From correspondents in Sopot, Poland
Former Australian Captain July 31, 2007
POLISH wildcard Michael Przysiezny gave the home crowd something to cheer when he knocked out No.4 seed Filippo Volandri in the first round of the Polish Open.
Volandri, ranked 28th in the world and who beat world No/1 Roger Federer in Rome in May, crashed out to the 23-year-old Pole, ranked 207th, with Przysiezny winning 6-4 2-6 7-5.
Volandri was the second seed to exit on the opening day of the tournament after the defeat of Spaniard Nicolas Almagro earlier.
Argentine Mariano Zabaleta, 29, ranked 85th in the ATP rankings, was too good for the 21-year-old Spaniard, ranked 54 places above him, on the northern Polish clay court and won 6-3 7-5.
Zabaleta, beaten in straight sets by Almagro in Acapulco earlier this year, forced Almagro into a series of errors to set up a second-round meeting with another Spaniard, Albert Montanes.
Montanes eased into the second round with a smooth 6-1 6-3 victory over Argentine Diego Hartfield.
There was also an upset when Gaston Gaudio, the 2004 French Open champion, slumped to a 6-2 6-0 defeat to Belgian Steve Darcis in the third qualifying round, with the 23-year-old European simply overwhelming the Argentine.
The tournament is the oldest in Poland and the country’s only event on the ATP Tour with a total prize pool of €425,000 (A680,000).
