JAPAN OPEN
(Tokyo)
Men's first round (prefix denotes seedings): S. Iwabuchi (Jpn) bt C. Mamit (US) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2, A. Bogomolov (US) bt I. Heuberger (Swi) 6-2 7-6 (7-2), D. van Scheppingen (Ned) bt A. Vinciguerra (Swe) 4-6 6-4 6-1, B. Ulihrach (Cze) bt I. Miranda (Per) 2-6 6-4 6-4, D. Norman (Belg) bt G. Bastl (Swi) 7-5 6-4, S. Draper (Aus) bt J. Vacek (Cze) 6-3 7-6 (7-4), T. Iwami (Jpn) bt W. Eschauer (Aut) 6-0 6-4, B. Phau (Ger) bt J. Salzenstein (US) 6-7 (1-7) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3).
F. Verdasco (Spa) bt G. Weiner (US) 6-4 6-2, M. Kratochvil (Swi) bt T. Berdych (Cze) 7-6 (7-2) 4-6 6-3, G. Motomura (Jpn) bt M. Vassallo Arguello (Ita) 6-0 6-3, I. Karlovic (Cro) bt R. Soderling (Swe) 6-4 6-4, C. Saulnier (Fra) bt J. Gimelstob (US) 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 6-1, T. Suzuki (Jpn) bt A. Waske (Ger) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3, F. Browne (Arg) bt T. Terachi (Japan) 6-3 6-4, R. Kendrick (US) bt W. Arthurs (Aust) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4.
Second round: 1-R. Schuettler (Ger) bt S. Iwabuchi (Jpn) 6-0 6-4, 8-J-M. Gambill (US) bt B. Ulihrach (Cze) 6-3 6-4, 7-L. Hyung-taik (Kor) bt F. Verdasco (Spa) 6-3 6-7 (3-7) 6-3.
Women's first round:: R. Fujiwara (Jpn) bt A. Cargill (US) 6-3 6-2, A. Parra (Spa) bt A. Serra-Zanetti (Ita) 6-1 6-2, C. Schaul (Lux) bt M. Sucha (Slv) 6-1 7-5, 3-K. Srebotnik (Slv) bt E. Dominikovic (Aus) 6-3 6-3, A. Morigami (Jpn) bt M. Kirilenko (Rus) 6-1 6-2, J. Craybass (US) bt 7-S. Obata (Jpn) 6-4 6-2, Z. Jie (China) bt S. Talaja (Cro) 6-4 7-5, 8-E. Gagliardi (Swi) bt A. Spears (US) 6-1 2-6 6-4, 6-A. Harkleroad (US) bt M. Ozaki (Jpn) 6-0 6-0.
Tennis
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