SHANGHAI OPEN
First round, men: 3-Michael Chang (US) beat Harel Levy (Israel) 4-6 6-4 6-1, Nicolas Massu (Chile) beat 5-Mariano Zabaleta (Argentina) 6-4 7-6 (7-5), Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) beat Christian Vinck (Germany) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-0), Andrei Stoliarov (Russia) beat 6-Andrew Ilie (Australia) 6-1 7-6 (10-8).
Women: Li Na (China) beat Yi Jing-qian (China) 7-6 (8-6) 4-3.
TOULOUSE GRAND PRIX
First round: Michael Tillstrom (Sweden) beat Nicolas Mahut (France) 6-3 3-6 6-3.
Second round: 3-Marcelo Rios (Chile) beat Fernando Vicente (Spain) 6-4 3-6 6-2, Nicolas Escude (France) beat Magnus Gustafsson (Sweden) 5-7 6-3 6-2, 1-Alex Corretja (Spain) beat Alexander Popp (Germany) 6-1 6-4, Nicolas Escude (France) beat Magnus Gustafsson (Sweden) 5-7 6-3 6-2.
LINZ TOURNAMENT
(Linz, Austria)
First round: Henrieta Nagyova (Slovakia) bt Ruxandra Dragomir (Romania) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-4, Barbara Schett (Austria) bt Sylvia Plischke (Austria) 7-5 6-1, Amanda Hopmans (Netherlands) bt Anne Kremer (Luxembourg) 6-1 6-1, 6-Amelie Mauresmo (France) bt Tatiana Panova (Russia) 6-7 (6-8) 7-5 3-0 (Panova retired injured), Karina Habsudova (Slovakia) bt Anne-Gaelle Sidot (France) 7-6 (7-1) 6-1, Denisa Chladkova (Czech Rep) bt 8-Silvija Talaja (Croatia) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2, Kveta Hrdlickova (Czech Rep) bt Silvia Farina-Elia (Italy) 6-3 7-6 (7-2).
Second round: 2-Venus Williams (US) bt Ai Sugiyama (Japan) 7-5 6-2, 5-Chanda Rubin (US) bt Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) 7-5 6-4.
Tennis
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