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RALEIGH (North Carolina), July 21: George Bastl sprang the biggest upset of the Indianapolis Championship when the Swiss veteran battled to a 6-4 6-7 6-4 second round victory over third seed Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia on Wednesday. The win was the 30-year-old Bastl’s first over the Davis Cup player in three career meetings and his reward is a third round encounter against 16th seeded American Mardy Fish.
Fish advanced with a hard-fought 6-4 4-6 6-4 win over promising British teenager Andrew Murray.
The tournament’s second and fourth seeds did not meet the same fate as Hrbaty and easily advanced to the round of 16.
Second ranked Nicolas Kiefer of Germany turned back France’s Antony Dupuis 7-5 6-4, while the fourth seeded American Taylor Dent stopped compatriot Jan-Michael Gambill 6-3 6-4.
Kiefer lost the 2004 final to top-seeded Andy Roddick and they could meet again on Sunday.
Okun eased to a 6-2 6-4 victory over Xavier Malisse of Belgium to advance.
Results:
Men’s singles (second round)
Bjoern Phau (Germany) bt Jan Hernych (Czech Republic) 7-6(3) 6-3; Mardy Fish (United States) bt Andy Murray (Britain) 6-4 4-6 6-4; Giovanni Lapentti (Ecuador) bt Cyril Saulnier (France) 6-4 5-7 6-2; Paul Goldstein (United States) bt Max Mirnyi (Belarus) 0-6 6-3 6-3; Kevin Kim (United States) bt Hyung-Taik Lee (South Korea) 7-6(8) 6-4; Paradorn Srichaphan (Thailand) bt Gregory Carraz (France) 6-3 7-6(3); Rajeev Ram (United States) bt Tomas Cakl (Czech Republic) 7-5 7-6(3); Karol Beck (Slovakia) bt Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden) 6-4 7-5; Taylor Dent (United States) bt Jan-Michael Gambill (United States) 6-3 6-4; Kenneth Carlsen (Denmark) bt Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 7-5 2-6 6-4; Noam Okun (Israel) bt Xavier Malisse (Belgium) 6-2 6-4; Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) bt Antony Dupuis (France) 7-5 6-4; George Bastl (Switzerland) bt Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia) 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4
Schnyder wins
CINCINNATI (Ohio): Swiss top seed Patty Schnyder survived a slow start to defeat Japan’s Aiko Nakamura in three sets at the $170,000 WTA Cincinnati Open on Wednesday.
Schnyder dropped the opening set before rallying to win 4-6 6-1 6-3 in their second-round match at Cincinnati, Ohio.
After an easy victory over 15-year-old Danish wild card Caroline Wozniack 6-3 6-0 on Tuesday, Schnyder found the 21-year-old Nakamura a much tougher opponent.
Fourth seed Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia also advanced, defeating American Chanda Rubin 6-2 7-5.
Sixth seed Ai Sugiyama of Japan was ousted by Israel’s Shahar Peer 5-7 7-6 6-4.
Results
Women’s singles (second round): Yoon Jeong Cho (South Korea) bt Tatiana Panova (Russia) 6-7(6) 6-2 6-2; Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) bt Aiko Nakamura (Japan) 4-6 6-1 6-3; Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) bt Chanda Rubin (United States) 6-2 7-5; Shahar Peer (Israel) btAi Sugiyama (Japan) 5-7 7-6(6) 6-4.—Agencies
