MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Mardy Fish beat Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-1, 7-5 in the first round of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships on Tuesday.
Fish skipped last week's tournament in San Jose, Calif., because a thyroid condition was bothering him.
Among those joining Fish in the Memphis second round were James Blake, who beat Ricardo Mello of Brazil, 6-4, 6-3; and 2009 finalist Radek Stepanek, who beat Benjamin Becker, 6-4, 6-2.
Ivan Dodig, who won his first ATP World Tour event two weeks ago in Croatia, beat Rainer Schuettler 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
In second-round matches on the women's side, the Cellular South Cup, No. 7 seed Renata Voracova was eliminated by Ksenia Pervak, 6-1, 6-1.