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| May 17, 2007 | Thursday | Rabi-us-Sani 29, 1428 |
Murray bows out with injury as Almagro shocks Robredo
HAMBURG, May 16: Andy Murray retired with a right wrist injury on Tuesday while leading Filippo Volandri of Italy 5-1 in the first round at the Hamburg Masters. The ninth-seeded Murray called for the trainer after dropping his racket in pain when hitting a forehand. He attempted to play following treatment, but retired after two more points.
Volandri, who upset Roger Federer in Rome last week, lost the opening three games to love. He will next play Jose Acasuso of Argentina, who defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-3, 6-4.
Meanwhile, Nicolas Almagro upset sixth-seeded Tommy Robredo 6-7 (1), 6-2, 6-4 in the second round. After being outplayed in the first set tiebreaker, Almagro produced some spectacular shots in the second set to dominate his struggling opponent.
Also in the second round, seventh-seeded Ivan Ljubicic rallied to beat Florent Serra of France 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 and will next play David Ferrer, who struggled before beating Robin Soderling of Sweden 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.
In the first round, Florian Mayer of Germany beat 13th-seeded Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (5), and 1998 French Open champion Carlos Moya downed Mardy Fish 6-0, 6-3 to set up a meeting with 10th-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic.
Also, Jarkko Nieminen of Finland downed German wild card Tobias Summerer 6-1, 7-6 (5); Julien Benneteau of France beat Rainer Schuettler of Germany 7-6 (2), 6-2; and Spanish qualifier Oscar Hernandez defeated Benjamin Becker of Germany 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3.
Results (x denotes seeding):
First round: Carlos Moya (ESP) bt Mardy Fish (US) 6-0, 6-3; Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt Tobias Summerer (GER) 6-1, 7-6 (7/5); Oscar Hernandez (ESP) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-3, 6-7 (2/7), 6-3; Julien Benneteau (FRA) bt Rainer Schuttler (GER) 7-6 (7/2), 6-2; Filippo Volandri (ITA) bt Andy Murray (GBR x9) 1-5 retired; Jose Acasuso (ARG) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-3, 6-4; Florian Mayer (GER) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x13) 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7/5); Jurgen Melzer (AUT) bt Alexander Waske (GER) 6-3, 6-4.
Second round: David Ferrer (ESP x12) bt Robin Soderling (SWE) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2; Nicolas Almagro (ESP) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP x6) 6-7 (1/7), 6-2, 6-4; Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x7) bt Florent Serra (FRA) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.
ROME: Serena Williams overcame a slow start before beating Michaella Krajicek 6-4, 6-1 on Tuesday in the second round of the Italian Open.
Serena, who revived her career by winning the Australian Open in Jan, improved her season record to 17-2.
Among those advancing in first-round action were No. 14 seed Patty Schnyder, No. 15 Katarina Srebotnik, and No. 16 Tathiana Garbin.
Schnyder beat Vasilis Bardina 6-1, 6-2. Srebotnik defeated Martina Mueller 6-4, 6-2 and Garbin eliminated fellow Italian Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Serena had trouble gaining her footing on the red clay and gave up an early break to fall behind in the first set. The former No. 1 was late getting to the ball and appeared winded after several long points.
Krajicek was able to hold comfortably courtesy of a powerful first serve reminiscent of her older brother Richard Krajicek, the 1996 Wimbledon champion.
Serena started to gain rhythm and hit several powerful backhands to break back and even the set at 4-4, then applied even more pressure during Krajicek’s next service game to break again and win the set.
After the first set, Serena had a trainer come out and attend to her left thigh.
After Serena jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the second set, Krajicek called for the trainer for an apparent right shoulder problem. Serena ended with 25 winners to Krajicek's 10.
Results:
Second round: Serena Williams (US x8) bt Michaella Kracijek (NED) 6-4, 6-1.
First round: Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) bt Jie Zheng (CHN) 6-2, 6-2; Tathiana Garbin (ITA x16) bt Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/3); Zi Yan (CHN) bt Severine Bremond (FRA) 2-6, 6-0, 6-3; Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) bt Sara Errani (ITA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Meilen Tu (US) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO x13) bt Martina Muller (GER) 6-4, 6-2; Samantha Stosur (AUS) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-3, 6-4; Mara Santangelo (ITA) bt Akiko Morigami (JAP) 6-2, 6-0; Patty Schnyder (SUI x12) bt Vasilisa Bardina (RUS) 6-1, 6-2; Sybille Bammer (AUT x15) bt Gisela Dulko (ARG) 7-5, 7-5; Nathalie Dechy (FRA) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 6-0, 6-4; Kaia Kanepi (EST) bt Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) 6-3, 6-3; Yuliana Fedak (UKR) bt Romina Oprandi (ITA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. — Agencies
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