GSTAAD, Switzerland, 7 July 2004 — Wimbledon champion Roger Federer took just 46 minutes to beat Tomas Behrend 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the Swiss Open yesterday.

Federer showed no signs of fatigue despite playing just two days after retaining his Wimbledon crown with victory over American Andy Roddick.

After arriving in the Alpine resort late on Monday, the Swiss world No. 1 comfortably moved into the second round of the tournament, where he finished runner-up last year.

German Behrend proved no match as he won just two games and was broken four times against the tournament’s top seed.

Federer had earlier received a standing ovation and was presented with a traditional Swiss alphorn as reward for his Wimbledon victory.

Last year he had been given a cow, which he later named Juliette, to honor his first Grand Slam success at Wimbledon. In the Roy Emerson Arena, Federer was prompted to, and succeeded, play the trumpet-like instrument traditionally used to herd livestock.

“Somehow I did the right thing at the right moment,” Federer said of his immediate mastery of the technique.

In other matches yesterday, second seed Juan Carlos Ferrero was upset by Austria’s Stefan Koubek 7-6, 6-4, while fifth seed Andrei Pavel of Romania was beaten by Switzerland’s Davis Cup captain Marc Rosset 7-6, 6-4.

Ferrero, the 2003 French Open champion and a claycourt specialist, struggled on the clay at Gstaad and lost the first set tiebreak 7-4 before he was broken in the second set.

Ferrero’s compatriot David Ferrer progressed into the second round with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Tomas Berdych. Third-seed Rainer Schuettler also progressed with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 victory over Michel Kratochvil, fellow German Florian Mayer was a 7-5, 6-3 winner over Spaniard Albert Portas, while Spain’s Felix Mantilla beat Belgium’s Christophe Rochus 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Gaudio Impresses in First Match

Since French Open Win

In Bastad, Sweden, French Open champion Gaston Gaudio cruised into the second round of the Swedish Open with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Russian Nikolay Davydenko yesterday.

“It’s a strange feeling playing my first match since the win in Paris,” said the 25-year-old Argentine, who missed Wimbledon because of a foot injury. “There has been a lot of partying back home in Buenos Aires and lately I’ve been tired.”

He was joined in the second round by compatriot Mariano Zabaleta, the eighth seed and champion, who took advantage of the windy conditions to beat Sweden’s big-serving Joachim Johansson 6-4, 6-3. Spanish fifth seed Tommy Robredo had a tougher match in his 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Argentine Agustin Calleri.

The Spaniard made fewer mistakes and broke Calleri in the seventh game of the deciding set and then held serve to clinch the match.

Home favorite Jonas Bjorkman, coming off his doubles triumph at Wimbledon with Todd Woodbridge, was outclassed by Spain’s Santiago Ventura 6-2, 6-2.