DUBAI CHAMPIONSHIP
Second round: Max Mirnyi (Belarus) bt Vladimir Voltchkov (Belarus) 6-1 6-4, Andrei Medvedev (Ukraine) bt 5-Patrick Rafter (Australia) 7-6 (7-1) 4-6 6-1, 2-Magnus Norman (Sweden) bt Andrei Pavel (Romania) 1-6 6-3 7-6 (7-2), 1-Marat Safin (Russia) bt Julien Boutter (France) 7-5 7-6 (7-5), Thomas Johansson (Sweden) bt 3-Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) 7-6 (7-4) 7-5, 7-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) bt Jiri Novak (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-4, 6-Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia) bt Bohdan Ulihrach (Czech Republic) 5-7 7-6 (7-3) 6-3, Lars Burgsmuller (Germany) bt Nicolas Escude (France) 6-2 retired.
MEXICAN OPEN
(Acapulco)
Men's singles, second round: 1-Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil) bt Felix Mantilla (Spain) 6-4 6-1, 3-Carlos Moya (Spain) bt Alberto Martin (Spain) 6-3 6-3, 4-Gaston Gaudio (Argentina) bt Younes El Aynaoui (Morocco) 7-6 (7-4) 2-6 6-3, Sergi Bruguera (Spain) bt 5-Albert Costa (Spain) 7-5 6-3, Guillermo Canas (Argentina) bt 8-Hicham Arazi (Morocco) 6-3 6-1.
Women's singles, second round: 1-Amanda Coetzer (South Africa) bt Maria Antonia Sanchez Lorenzo (Spain) 6-4 6-1, 2-Elena Dementieva (Russia) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slovakia) 6-4 7-5, Mariana Diaz-Oliva (Argentina) bt 3-Sandrine Testud (France) 6-2 retired, 4-Paola Suarez (Argentina) bt Patricia Wartusch (Austria) 6-1 6-3, 6-Corina Morariu (US) bt Sylvia Plischke (Austria) 6-2 6-1, 7-Angeles Montolio (Spain) bt Dally Randriantefy (Madagasgar) 6-3 3-6 6-1, Rita Kuti Kis (Hungary) bt Ana Medina Garrigues (Spain) 6-4 0-6 6-4, Nuria Llagostera (Spain) bt Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) 6-1 4-6 6-4.
SYBASE OPEN
(San Jose)
First round: Michel Kratochvil (Switzerland) bt Davide Sanguinetti (Italy) 6-2 6-0, Juan Balcells (Spain) bt Jose Acasuso (Argentina) 7-5 6-1.
Second round: 6-Jan-Michael Gambill (US) bt Andy Roddick (US) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-1), 8-Greg Rusedski (Britain) bt Renzo Furlan (Italy) 6-3 6-2, Sargis Sargsian (Armenia) bt Wayne Arthurs (Australia) 6-4 6-7 (7-5) 7-6 (7-2).
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