HEINEKEN OPEN
(ASB Bank Tennis Centre, Stanley St)
Singles.-
Qualifying, third round (winners to main draw, numbers denote seeds): Glenn Weiner (US) bt Marcus Sarstrand (Sweden) 6-4, 6-3; 6 Andrea Gaudenzi (Italy) bt Juan Albert Viloca (Spain) 4-6, 5-2 rtd; 8 Michael Russell (US) bt Oscar Burrieza (Spain) 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0; Marzio Martelli (Italy) bt Filippo Volandri (Italy) 7-5, 6-0.
Vodafone singles, main draw, first round: Stefan Koubek (Austria) bt 1 Franco Squillari (Argentina) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2; Andreas Vinciguerra (Sweden) bt Harel Levy (Israel) 6-3, 6-4; Andrei Medvedev (Ukraine) bt 4-Gaston Gaudio (Argentina) 6-3, 6-3; Mariano Zabaleta (Argentina) bt Felix Mantilla (Spain) 7-5, 7-5.
Doubles.-
Qualifying: Paul Rosner/Jason Weir Smith (South Africa) bt Lee Radovanovich (NZ)/Vinciguerra 6-4, 7-6 (7-3).
First round, main draw: Petr Pala/Pavel Vizner (Czech) bt Tomas Cibulec/Leos Friedl (Czech) 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-2); Marius Barnard (South Africa)/Jim Thomas (US) bt 4 Lucas Arnold (Argentina)/Johan Landsberg (Sweden) 6-4, 6-4.
Today's schedule.-
Centre court, from 11 am: Thomas Johansson (Sweden) v Julien Boutter (France), Greg Rusedski v Mark Nielsen (NZ), Jan-Michael Gambill (US) v Nicholas Massu (Chile). Not before 4pm: Marcelo Rios (Chile) v Arnaud Di Pasquale (France). 7pm: Andrea Gaudenzi (Italy) v Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia), Thomas Shimada (Japan)/Myles Wakefield (South Africa) v James Greenhalgh/Alistair Hunt (NZ).
Court four: Francisco Clavet (Soain) v Juan Ignacio (Argentina), Michael Russell (US) v Fernando Vicente (Spain), Eyal Ran (Israel)/Jairo Velasco (Spain) v Simon Aspelin (Sweden)/Robbie Koenig (South Africa). Not before 4pm: Albert Portas (Spain) v Byron Black (Zimbabwe).
Court six: Olivier Rochus (Belgium) v Glenn Weiner (US), Alex Calatrava (Spain) v Agustin Calleri (Argentina), Marzio Martelli (Italy) v Davide Sanguinetti (Italy). Not before 4pm: Michal Tabara (Czech) v Juan Balcells (Spain).
Court seven (2 pm): Chris Haggard (South Africa)/Tom Vanhoudt (Belgium) v Rosner/Weir Smith.
ADIDAS INTERNATIONAL
(Sydney)
Men's singles, first round: Gianluca Pozzi (Italy) bt 8-Younes El Aynaoui (Morocco) 7-5 6-4, Fabrice Santoro (France) bt David Prinisol (Germany) 6-3 6-3, Rainer Schuttler (Germany) bt Slava Dosedel (Czech Republic) 6-3 3-6 6-3.
UNDER-14 QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT
(Auckland)
Boys singles: Jeffrey Birse (NH) bt 1-Oliver Statham (Akld) 6-4 6-4; girls singles: 1-Varoma Vano (Akld) bt 3-Ellen Barry (Cant) 6-0 6-2; boys doubles: 3-Birse/M. Lyon bt 1-M. Venus/W.August 7-5 7-5; girls doubles: 1-V. and K. Vano bt M. Bradnam/Z.Douglas 6-2 6-4.
Tennis
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