Davydenko advances at soggy Roland Garros

In between raindrops on Tuesday, fourth- seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko and ninth-seeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka recorded first-round wins at a wet 2008 French Open.
The 2007 semifinalist Davydenko, fresh off his clay-court title in Austria last week, handled 2002 Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson of Sweden 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on Court Lenglen, while the rapidly-rising Wawrinka waltzed past German Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 at an umbrella-clad Stade Roland Garros. Rain delayed play on three separate occasions on Tuesday.
Day-3 upsets came when Swede Robin Soderling spanked 13th-seeded Argentine clay-court specialist Juan Monaco 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 and capable Croat Mario Ancic ousted 31st-seeded Italian Andreas Seppi 6-2, 7-6 (7-1), 6-2.
Only one other result saw Chilean Paul Capdeville crush German Mischa Zverev 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.
Several other matches were either suspended or postponed because of rain, as three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal was tied with Brazilian qualifier Thomaz Bellucci 1-1 on Chatrier when they were forced off the court. Nadal is a perfect 21-0 lifetime at Roland Garros, including victories over the great Roger Federer in the last two finals here.
The powerful Nadal is 108-2 in his last 110 matches on red clay, dating back to 2005.
Former world No. 1 and two-time major champion Marat Safin, of Russia, was in action and trailing Frenchman Jean-Rene Lisnard 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 2-1 when play was called.
Twenty-nine of 34 scheduled men's first-round matches were pushed back until Wednesday. On Monday, 14 matches were either suspended or postponed because of inclement weather.
The second round is scheduled to commence with eight men's matches on Wednesday, including ones for third-seeded Serb Novak Djokovic, 10th-seeded Brit Andy Murray and 11th-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych. The Australian Open champion and U.S. Open runner-up Djokovic is set to take on Spaniard Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen, while Murray will meet Argentine Jose Acasuso and Berdych will tangle with French favorite Michael Llodra.
The '08 French Open champion will collect more than $1.5 million.