HEINEKEN OPEN
(ASB Tennis Centre)
Singles first round (prefix denotes seeding). -
R. Ginepri (US) bt A. Calleri (Argentina) 7-6 (7-5) 7-5, 3-F. Gonzalez (Chile) bt F. Lopez (Spain) 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-2, 6-J. Gambill (US) bt M. Kratochvil (Switzerland) 6-1 6-3, 7-G. Coria (Argentina) bt D. Sanchez (Spain) 2-6 6-2 6-4, M. Russell (US) bt R. Stepanek (Czech Republic) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4, 4-G. Kuerten (Brazil) bt M. Verkerk (Netherlands) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4, R. Sluiter (Netherlands) bt 8-D. Sanguinetti (Italy) 6-3 6-3, S. Koubeck (Austria) bt M. Nielsen (NZ) 6-3 6-2, M. Zabaleta (Argentina) bt 2-D. Nalbandian (Argentina) 2-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-3, 1-J. Novak (Czech Republic) bt R. Kendrick (US) 6-2, 6-3.
Doubles, first round. -
J. Acasuso (Argentina)/Gonzalez bt J. Olsen/S. Rea (NZ) 6-4 7-6 (8-6), L. Arnold (Argentina)/Nalbandian bt D. Hrbaty (Slovakia)/R. Stepanek (Czech Republic) 4-6 6-1 7-5.
Tennis
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