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NOTTINGHAM (England), June 18: Britain’s Greg Rusedski recovered from a nervous start to book his place in the second round of the Nottingham ATP tournament on Monday.
The British number two defeated Australian qualifier Todd Reid 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 to set up a last-16 clash with Romania’s Adrian Voinea.
RESULTS
(First round):
Andrei Stoliarov (Rus) bt Irakli Labadze (Geo) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Adrian Voinea (Rom) bt Andre Sa (Bra) 6-1, 7-6 (7/3); Davide Sanguinetti (Ita x8) bt Jeff Coetzee (Rsa) 6-4, 7-5; Michel Kratochvil (Swi x6) bt Jamie Delgado (Gbr) 7-6 (7/4) 6-3; Greg Rusedski (Gbr x3) bt Todd Reid (Aus) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; Wayne Arthurs (Aus) bt Sargis Sargsian (Arm) 7-6 (8/6) 6-7 (4/7) 6-2; Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Taylor Dent (USA) 6-3, 6-4.
Samsung Open:
Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden) beat 1-Andy Roddick (U.S.) 7-5 7-5; Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) beat Mike Bryan (U.S.) 6-0 7-6 (7-4); 2-Fabrice Santoro (France) beat Alexandre Simoni (Brazil) 6-1 6-4; Nicolas Massu (Chile) beat Cecil Mamiit (U.S.) 7-5 6-2; 5-Stefan Koubek (Austria) beat Albert Portas (Spain) 7-6 (10-8) 6-4; Kristian Pless (Denmark) beat Markus Hipfl (Austria) 6-0 retired
Eastbourne tennis:
First round: Anastasia Myskina (Rus) bt Patty Schnyder (Swi x7) 6-4, 6-4; Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Amanda Coetzer (Rsa) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Martina Navratilova (USA) bt Tatiana Panova (Rus) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2.—AFP
