The first day of the 2011 Legg Mason Tennis Classic is in the books. The men advancing in singles play on Day 1 include American James Blake, who easily coasted past Tatsuma Ito, 6-3, 6-3, on the main stadium court. Blake advances to face No. 8 seed and defending champion David Nalbandian.

Here are the other results from Day 1 from the Fitzgerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park.

• Radek Stepanek def Phillip Petzschner, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-0. Stepanek now faces Wayne Odesnik.
• Donald Young def Artem Sitak, 6-0, 6-3. Young now faces Jurgen Melzer.
• Igor Kunitsyn def Gillen Muller, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5). Kunitsyn now faces Jarkko Nieminen.
• Chris Guccione def Alejandro Falla, 7-6, 6-3. Guccione now faces Kevin Anderson
• Michael Russell def Ivo Karlovic, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Russell now faces Xavier Malisse.
• Marinko Matosevic def Richard Berankis, 6-3, 6-1. Matosevic now faces Fernando Verdasco.
• Matthew Ebden def Rajeev Ram, 6-1, 3-2 (Ret.). Ebden now faces Nikolay Davydenko.