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| January 03, 2008 | Thursday | Zilhaj 23, 1428 |
Winning start for Nadal
CHENNAI, Jan 2: Spanish world No 2 Rafael Nadal overcame late resistance to reach the Chennai Open second round on Tuesday, but second-seeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis made an early exit.Top seed Nadal defeated Mathieu Montcourt 6-2, 6-4 after the tenacious French baseliner broke his serve and engaged him in long rallies in the final stages.
Baghdatis went down 6-3, 6-4 to unseeded Dutchman Robin Haase, leaving his preparations for the year’s first Grand Slam in tatters.
First round results on Tuesday: Alexandre Koudryavtsev (Russia) bt Prakash Amritraj (India) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (10-8); Marin Cilic (Croatia) bt Viktor Troicki (Serbia) 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1; 5-Nicolas Mahut (France) bt Denis Gremelmayr (Germany) 6-3, 6-3; 3-Carlos Moya (Spain) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (Russia) 6-4, 6-1; Rajeev Ram (US) bt Yuri Schukin (Russia) 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-2); Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) bt Alexander Peya (Austria) 6-4, 6-4; 1-Rafael Nadal (Spain) bt Mathieu Montcourt
(France) 6-2, 6-4; 7-Werner Eschauer (Austria) bt Bartolome Salva-Vidal (Spain) 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 6-4; Lovro Zovko (Croatia) bt Thierry Ascione (France) 6-4, 6-0; Robin Haase (Netherlands) bt 2-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 6-3, 6-4; Kristof Vliegen (Belgium) bt 8-Marc Gicquel (France) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.
ROBREDO OUSTED
DOHA: Second seed Tommy Robredo got his 2008 campaign off to a forgettable start when he was beaten in straight sets by Agustin Calleri in the Qatar Open on Tuesday.
First-round results on Tuesday: 8-Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) bt Albert Montanes (Spain) 6-2, 7-5; Christophe Rochus (Belgium) bt 5-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2; Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) bt Sebastien De Chaunac (France) 6-4, 6-3; 1-Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) bt Benedikt Dorsch (Germany) 6-3, 6-0; Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) bt Alberto Martin (Spain) 6-2, 6-2; Agustin Calleri (Argentina) bt 2-Tommy Robredo (Spain) 6-4, 6-4; Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) bt Santiago Ventura (Spain) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Rainer Schuettler (Germany) bt Andrei Pavel (Romania) 1-6, 6-2, 6-0; 3-Andy Murray (Britain) bt Olivier Rochus (Belgium) 6-0, 6-2.—Reuters
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