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ROME, May 4: Andre Agassi and Tim Henman joined top seed Andy Roddick in the last 16 of the Rome Masters after trouble-free second round victories on Wednesday. British fourth seed Henman beat Chilean Nicolas Massu 6-3, 6-2, while sixth seed Agassi, a winner here in 2002, defeated French teenager Richard Gasquet 6-2, 6-3.
Roddick was the first to reach round three after a 6-4, 7-5 win over Spanish veteran Albert Costa.
Guillermo Coria showed no mercy to Nicolas Kiefer, beating the German 6-1, 6-1.
Results (Second round)
Tim Henman (GBR ) bt Nicolas Massu (CHI) 6-3, 6-2;
Andre Agassi (USA ) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA) 6-2, 6-3;
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 7-6 (10/8), 6-2;
Andy Roddick (USA) bt Albert Costa (ESP) 6-4, 7-5;
Guillermo Coria (ARG) bt Nicolas Kiefer (GER) 6-1, 6-1;
Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 7-6 (7/4), 6-0;
David Ferrer (ESP) bt Thomas Johansson (SWE x16) 6-3, 6-4. for Myskina
BERLIN: Anastasia Myskina suffered another setback ahead of her bid to defend her French Open title later this month when she fell at the first hurdle at the Germany Open on Wednesday.
After disappointing showings in two recent clay court tournaments in the United States the third-seeded Russian fell 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the second round here to 22-year-old German wildcard Julia Schruff.
Results (first round)
Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) bt Iveta Benesova (CZE) 7-5, 4-6, 6-1;
Second round
Conchita Martinez (ESP) bt Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6-3, 6-1;
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) bt Magdalena Maleeva (BUL) 6-2, 6-1;
Julia Schruff (GER) bt Anastasia Myskina (RUS) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4;
Virginie Razzano (FRA) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 7-6 (10/8), 3-6, 7-5;
Mary Pierce (FRA) bt Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 6-2, 6-2
Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) bt Dally Randriantefy (MAD) 7-5, 6-3.—Agencies
