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| March 27, 2006 | Monday | Safar 26, 1427 |
Shock exit for Clijsters as Henman ends jinx
MIAMI, March 26: Champion Kim Clijsters suffered a shock defeat at the ATP/WTA Open on Saturday when she was ambushed 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 in the second round by unseeded American Jill Craybas. The women’s second seed was joined at the exit by her former fiance Lleyton Hewitt, who was beaten for the first time in nine meetings by Tim Henman. The Briton ended a painful losing streak with a 7-6, 6-3 victory over the men’s 13th seed.
Clijsters showed signs of rust as she played her first match since losing the Antwerp final to the Frenchwoman in February.
Success over Australian Hewitt was sweet for Henman, who finally beat his nemesis for the first time in a rivalry which began on US hardcourts in 2000.
With Hewitt struggling to find his touch, the defeat dropped him to 13-7 for the season.
Henman showed fighting form in the one hour 45 minute victory.
Saturday’s results:
Men’s singles:
Second round: 4-Andy Roddick (US) bt Alberto Martin (Spain) 6-3, 6-1; 31-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) bt Vince Spadea (US) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3; 23-Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) bt Mark Philippoussis (Australia) 6-4, 7-6 (6-3); Kristof Vliegen (Belgium) bt 8-Gaston Gaudio (Argentina) 7-5, 7-6 (8-6); 7-Guillermo Coria (Argentina) bt Novak Djokovic (Serbia and Montenegro) 7-5, 6-1; 29-Olivier Rochus (Belgium) bt Max Mirnyi (Belarus) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; 24-Igor Andreev (Russia) bt George Bastl (Switzerland) 6-4, 6-4; 1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) bt Arnaud Clement (France) 6-2, 6-7 (4-6), 6-0; 32-Juan Ignacio Chela (Argentina) bt Greg Rusedski (Britain) 6-4, 6-4; 27-Tommy Haas (Germany) bt Luis Horna (Peru) 6-0, 6-3; 9-James Blake (US) bt Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) 6-0, 6-0; Simon Greul (Germany) bt 17-Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia) 7-6 (8-6), 6-3; 19-Sebastien Grosjean (France) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spain) 6-3, 7-6 (8-6); Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) bt 14-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 6-3, 7-6 (6-0); Tim Henman (Britain) bt 13-Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) 7-5 (7-5), 6-3; 11-David Ferrer (Spain) bt Albert Montanes (Spain) 6-1, 6-1.
Women’s singles:
Second round: 4-Maria Sharapova (Russia) bt Na Li (China) 6-2, 6-4; Maria Elena Camerin (Italy) bt 33-Kveta Peschke (Czech Republic) 6-2, 7-5; 6-Elena Dementieva (Russia) bt Anna Tatishvili (Georgia) 6-3, 6-1; 27-Klara Koukalova (Czech Republic) bt Tathiana Garbin (Italy) 2-6, 7-5, 6-1; Jill Craybas (US) bt 2-Kim Clijsters (Belgium) 7-5, 3-6, 7-5; Jie Zheng (China) bt 19-Nathalie Dechy (France) 2-6, 7-6 (6-3), 6-1; Michaella Krajicek (Netherlands) bt 29-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 6-3, 6-4; Elena Vesnina (Russia) bt 9-Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 6-2, 6-3; 16-Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) bt Shinobu Asagoe (Japan) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; 22-Tatiana Golovin (France) bt Lourdes Dominguez (Spain) 7-5, 6-0; Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukraine) bt Marta Domachowska (Poland) 6-3, 6-2; Virginie Razzano (France) bt Martina Sucha (Slovakia) 6-3, 6-3; 10-Anastasia Myskina (Russia) bt Ekaterina Bychkova (Russia) 7-6 (6-2), 6-1 ; Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) bt 25-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia and Montenegro) 6-3, 6-1; Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) bt 31-Shahar Peer (Israel) 6-1, 6-2; 20-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) bt Vania King (US) 6-2, 6-1.—Reuters
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