BLENHEIM FUTURES
First round, (prefix denotes seeding): 5-M. Nielsen (NZ) bt V. Baudat (Fra) 1-6 6-3 6-0, 1-Bo-Ram Cha (Kor) bt Q C. Bankes (Aus) 6-2 3-6 6-3, 4-H. Wiltschnig (Aut) bt Q KJ Weiss (US) 6-2 7-5, 8-Young-Il Yoon (Kor) bt WC W. Ward (NZ) 6-4 6-7 (4) 7-5, Q B. Fallon (US) bt WC M. Prentice (NZ) 6-4 6-3, 2-M. Slanar (Aut) bt O. Foreman (GB) 7-5 6-3, Q Y. Bezervk (Aus) bt WC K. Doh (NZ) 6-1 6-1.
DUBAI OPEN
First round: A. Pavel (Romania) bt B. Ulihrach (Czech Republic) 6-1 2-6 7-5, T. Zib (Czech Republic) bt 6-T. Henman (Britain) 6-4 3-6 7-6, G. Carraz (France) bt O. Bahrouzyan (United Arab Emirates) 6-0 6-0, I. Ljubicic (Croatia) bt M. Dell'Acqua (Italy) 6-3 3-6 6-4, D. van Scheppingen (Netherlands) bt M. Al Ghareeb (Kuwait) 7-6 3-6 7-6, P. Kohlschreiber (Germany) bt 3-R. Schuettler (Germany) 3-6 6-4 6-4, O. Rochus (Belgium) bt 5-M. Philippoussis (Australia) 6-2 7-6.
QATAR OPEN
(Doha)
First round: S. Testud (France) bt 8-M. Serna (Spain) 6-3 6-2, J. Kostanic (Croatia) bt P. Mandula (Hungary), walkover (Mandula withdrew with thigh strain injury).
Tennis
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