STOCKHOLM OPEN
(Stockholm)
First round: 2-S. Grosjean (France) bt M. Philippoussis (Australia) 6-2 5-7 6-2, 6-S. Schalken (Netherlands) bt J. van Lottum (Netherlands) 6-1 6-3, M. Larsson (Sweden) bt B. Bryan (US) 6-4 7-5, W. Arthurs (Australia) bt P. Wessels (Netherlands) 6-3 6-4, J. Nieminen (Finland) bt K. Pless (Denmark) 7-6 (7-1) 6-3, 3-T. Johansson (Sweden) bt M. Hipfl (Austria) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 4-1 (Hipfi retired injured), M. Rios (Chile) bt M. Russell (US) 6-2 3-6 6-4.
SWISS INDOOR TOURNAMENT
(Basle)
First round: 2-T. Henman (Britain) bt A. Dupuis (France) 6-4 6-1, 7-C. Moya (Spain) bt D. Sanguinetti (Italy) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4, A. Gaudenzi (Italy) bt T. Robredo (Spain) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4, 5-A. Clement (France) bt G. Gaudio (Argentina) 6-4 6-1, N. Davydenko (Russia) bt G. Blanco (Spain) 6-1 6-4, N. Thomann (France) bt J. Balcells (Spain) 6-4 2-6 6-2, M. Kratochvil (Switzerland) bt A. Portas (Spain) 5-7 7-6 (7-1) 6-1, M. Rosset (Switzerland) bt 3-A. Corretja (Spain) 6-4 3-6 6-1.
ST PETERSBURG OPEN
First round: 2-Y. Kafelnikov (Russia) bt S. Sargsian (Armenia) 7-6 (7-3) 6-2, A. Savolt (Hungary) bt J. Diaz (Spain) 6-4 7-5, 7-G. Rusedski (Britain) bt A. Stoliarov (Russia) 6-1 6-4, M. Llodra (France) bt D. Hrbaty (Slovakia) 6-3 7-6 (7-3), F. Mantilla (Spain) bt I. Labadze (Georgia) 6-4 7-6 (7-3), M. Yuzhny (Russia) bt A. Calatrava (Spain) 7-5 7-5, S. Koubek (Austria) bt J. Vanek (Czech Rep) 6-1 7-6 (7-0).
HOME HILL TOURNAMENT
(Melbourne)
T. O'Connor (NZ) bt E. Hewson (Australia) 6-3 4-6 6-3. O'Connor qualifies for main draw first round.
First round: 1-C. Wheeler (Australia) bt I. Gers (NZ) 6-1 6-4.
THAILAND JUNIOR OPEN
First round, girls: T. Markovic (NZ) bt Chun-Ning Tseng (Taipei) 6-1 6-1. Boys: Minh Quan Do (Vietnam) bt GD Jones (NZ) 7-5 5-7 6-0.
Tennis
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