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Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko eased past Rainer Eitzinger of Austria 6-1, 6-1 Monday in the first round of the Hypo Group International. The fourth-ranked Russian, who won the event in 2005 and '06, broke Eitzinger's serve five times in the match. "The first two rounds of a tournament are always...
VIENNA, May 19 (Reuters) - Top seed Nikolay Davydenko made a comfortable return to one of his favourite tournaments on Monday, beating local favourite Rainer Eitzinger 6-1 6-1 at the Poertschach International. The Russian world number four, chasing his third Poertschach title in four years,...
PRO BASKETBALL DALLAS (AP) -- The Dallas Mavericks fired coach Avery Johnson, the first of what's likely to be many offseason moves after the team with the league's highest payroll again flopped in the first round of the playoffs. The Mavericks followed that 2006...
Top-seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu cruised into the third round of the BMW Open with a 6-3, 6-4 win Wednesday over qualifier Gianluca Naso. ... Marat Safin defeated Carlos Berlocq 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to reach the second round. The 84th-ranked Safin, whose match was delayed Tuesday...
MUNICH, Germany, April 30 (UPI) -- No. 1-seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu and eighth-seeded Marin Cilic set up a quarterfinal match with victories Wednesday in the clay court BMW Open in Germany. ... Mathieu easily handled Gianluca Naso 6-3, 6-4 while Cilic eliminated Philipp...
Two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin beat Carlos Berlocq 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to reach the second round of the BMW Open on Wednesday. ... Safin, who is ranked 84th, got a wild card for the clay-court tournament. Eight-seeded Marin Cilic and Lee Hyung-taik reached the third...
American 15-year-old wins at the U.S. Clay Court Championship. ... Ryan Harrison is the 10th player to win a main-draw match before turning 16 [GALLO/GETTY] Fifteen-year-old Ryan Harrison beat Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas 6-4, 6-3 in the U.S. Clay Court Championship to become...
Sixth-seeded Dudi Sela of Israel posted a straight-sets, first-round win over Robby Ginepri Monday at the $436,000 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. ... Sela won the first set in a tiebreak, and then cruised to defeat the American 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 in the players' first...
Rising American Sam Querrey and Russian Dmitry Tursunov were among Wednesday's first-round winners at the $3.77 million Sony Ericsson Open, the second of nine ATP Masters Series events this year. ... Querrey, who captured his first career ATP title in Las Vegas three...
