Tennis: Fin too good for Cypriot opponent

Finland's Jarkko Nieminen had an easy win in today's opening singles tennis match at the Heineken Open in Auckland.

The tournament's seventh seed beat Marcos Baghdatis from Cyprus 6-2 6-2 without dropping a serve.

Baghdatis -- a former world junior champion -- was unable to combat a clinical display of tennis from Nieminen and exited in the first round.

- NZPA