Notes: Reynolds spares Americans 0-5 opening day

WIMBLEDON, England -- When Bobby Reynolds started his first-round match at Wimbledon, U.S. men were 0-4 on Day 1.

The pressure was on. Vince Spadea, Sam Querry, Robby Ginepri and Kevin Kim had all lost.

"This first day was just a bunch of tough draws for the guys," said Reynolds, who won the first two sets 6-2, 6-2 before Italy's Filippo Volandri retired with left knee pain. "I guess I'm happy that I won, but obviously, you'd like to see all the Americans do well everyday."

Kim missed a chance to play five-time champion Roger Federer in the second round when he went down 7-5, 0-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Robin Soderling.

Spadea was up a set and a break in the fourth before things started to go wrong and he lost 6-7 (8-10), 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 to 2002 Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson of Sweden.

"At 4-3, I'm two games away from winning. It's just not a good day for me," he said. "I didn't put it away. I don't usually let matches like that slip away, but I did today. On grass, you have to learn how to put it away and it should be easier, but for me it's harder."

Spadea, who will be 34 next month, said he wanted to prolong his career, even if other people seemed to be saying it's almost time for retirement.

"This sport has a little bit of a scarlet letter when it comes to age. People start putting it on you and you become a little paranoid and conscious of it.

"Tennis is a demanding sport so it's not easy to play into your 30s and 40s, but other athletes overcome the age barrier. I've seen football players, basketball players, baseball players come into their 30s and 40s and do great things."

Querry won the opening set against former No. 1-ranked Juan Carlos Ferrero, but went downhill after that and was broken once in each set.

"He's a good player, used to be No. 1 in the world and has won a Grand Slam, so it wasn't too bad," he said. "I had some break points that I didn't convert. I'm disappointed, but the guy is (No.) 20 in the world."

Ginepri lost 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, 7-5 to 2007 Australian Open finalist Fernando Gonzalez of Chile.

Hewitt through

Lleyton Hewitt was one set from leaving Roger Federer as the only Wimbledon champion in the men's draw on the first day of matches at the All England Club.