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INDIAN WELLS, March 13: Former World No. 2 Tommy Haas, who missed all of last season with an injury, beat Sweden's Thomas Enqvist 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Friday in the opening round of the US$4.9m ATP/WTA Indian Wells Masters Series event.
The 25-year-old German faced the toughest test of his 2004 comeback against fellow wild card Enqvist.
It was Haas' first win of 2004 after a pair of first-round losses in San Jose and Memphis.
Haas missed 2003 after undergoing two shoulder operations in the past 14 months. He said the rotator-cuff surgery was a success and he's looking forward to the challenge.
Haas, who has five career ATP titles, books a date in the second round with tenth seed Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand.
Spain's Gala Leon Garcia became the first women to reach the third round, beating a struggling ninth seed Jelena Dokic 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
She was joined in the third round by Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi who stopped 14-year-old Russian sensation Alisa Kleybanova 6-4, 6-0.
Results:
Men's(first round):
Tommy Haas (GER) bt Thomas Enqvist (SWE) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Luis Horna (PER) bt Wesley Moodie (RSA) 6-2, 7-6 (7/4); David Sanchez (SPA) bt Cyril Saulnier (FRA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) bt Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; Guillermo Canas (ARG) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA) 6-4, 4-0 retired; Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) bt Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo (SPA) 6-2, 6-3; Xavier Malisse (BEL) bt Karol Beck (SVK) 6-3, 6-3; Alberto Martin (SPA) bt Frederic Niemeyer (CAN) 7-5, 6-4; Wayne Ferreira (RSA) bt Igor Andreev (RUS) 6-4, 6-2; James Blake (USA) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 6-2, 6-2; Alex Corretja (SPA) bt David Ferrer (SPA) 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 7-5; Simon Larose (CAN) bt Felix Mantilla (SPA) 6-0, 4-6, 7-5; Thomas Johansson (SWE) bt Dmitry Tursanov (RUS) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; Andrei Pavel (ROM) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 7-6 (12/10), 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/4); Harel Levy (ISR) bt Brian Vahaly (USA) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3; Victor Hanescu (ROM) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3; Wayne Arthurs (AUS) bt Federico Browne (ARG) 6-3, 6-2; Taylor Dent (USA) bt Giovanni Lapentti (ECU) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4; Rafael Nadal (SPA) bt Lars Burgsmuller (GER) 6-2, 6-3; Glenn Weiner (USA) bt Bohdan Ulihrach (CZE) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Jan Hernych (CZE) bt Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1; Robin Soderling (SWE) bt Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5); Jan-Michael Gambill (USA) bt John Van Lottum (NED) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
Women's (second round):
Kim Clijsters (BEL) bt Angelika Roesch (GER) 6-1, 6-3;Lindsay Davenport (USA) bt Mara Santangelo (ITA) 6-0, 6-0;Vera Zvonareva (RUS) bt Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian (SWI) 6-1, 6-4; Nadia Petrova (RUS) bt Anna-Lena Groenfeld 7-5, 6-3; Gala Leon Garcia (SPA) bt Jelena Dokic (SEM) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (ISR) bt Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 6-4, 6-0; Fabiola Zuluaga (COL) bt Aniko Kapros (HUN) 6-3, 6-4; Claudine Schaul (LUX) bt Saori Obata (JPN) 6-1, 6-2; Samantha Stosur (AUS) bt Karoline Sprem (CRO) 6-4, 6-4; Nathalie Dechy (FRA) bt Shenay Perry (USA) 6-3, 6-4; Silvija Talaja (CRO) bt Tina Pisnik (SLO) 6-1, 6-0; Marissa Irvin (USA) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6(7/3);Gisela Dulko (ARG) bt Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (SPA) 0-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-1; Laura Granville (USA) bt Petra Mandula (HUN) 6-3, 6-4;Kristina Brandi (PUR) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-2, 6-1; Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (SPA) 6-1, 6-2.-AFP
