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Sluiter stuns Schuettler

DEN BOSCH, JUNE 15. Second-seeded Rainer Schuettler of Germany was eliminated by local hope Raemon Sluiter 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-3 in the first round of the Ordina Open on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, fourth-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain beat Lars Burgsmuller of Germany 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, but women's fifth seed Emilie Loit of France withdrew with a leg injury before playing Barbara Schett of Austria.

Pisnik dumps Dokic

Former Wimbledon semifinalist Jelena Dokic continued to struggle on Tuesday, losing to Slovenia's Tina Pisnik 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the Eastbourne grass-court tournament. Dokic committed nine double-faults as her singles record this year fell to 6-7.

Rusedski moves up

Defending champion Greg Rusedski of Britain and top-seeded Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand won their first-round matches at the Nottingham Open grass-court tournament on Tuesday. Rusedski, a two-time winner in Nottingham, saved a match point as he beat Slovakia's Karol Kucera 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 in two hours, 57 minutes.

The results:

At Den Bosch (Ordina Open): Men: First round: Raemon Sluiter bt Rainer Schuettler 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-3; Tommy Robredo bt Lars Burgsmuller 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Guillermo Canas bt Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 6-4; Michael Llodra bt Yen-hsun Lu 6-3, 6-1.

Mario Ancic bt Sjeng Schalken 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Philipp Petzschner bt Alexander Popp 6-1, 5-7, 6-4.

Women: Second round: Anne Kremer bt Anca Barna 6-2, 6-4; Claudine Schaul bt Akiko Morigami 6-4, 4-6 (retd.).

First Round: Barbara Schett w/o Emilie Loit; Maria Kirilenko bt Maria Elena Camerin 6-4, 6-1.

Milagros Sequera bt Marta Marrero 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-3; Anabel Medina Garrigues bt Ludmila Cervanova 6-2, 6-1.

At Nottingham (Nottingham Open): Greg Rusedski bt Karol Kucera 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3; Paradorn Srichaphan bt Gilles Elseneer 6-3, 7-5; Thomas Johansson bt Max Mirnyi 2-6, 6-1, 6-4; Flavio Saretta bt Jurgen Melzer 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3).

At Eastbourne (Hastings Championships): First round: Daniela Hantuchova bt Amy Frazier 7-5, 3-6, 6-2; Amanda Janes bt Jie Zheng 7-5, 6-3; Elena Likhovtseva bt Dinara Safina 7-6(3), 7-5; Tina Pisnik bt Jelena Dokic 6-2, 6-2.

Elena Bovina bt Silvia Farina Elia 7-5, 6-0; Francesca Schiavone bt Alicia Molik 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2); Maria Sanchez Lorenzo bt Magui Serna 6-4, 7-6 (2); Maria Vento-Kabchi bt Cara Black 6-4, 6-1; Conchita Martinez bt Lisa Raymond 3-6, 6-2, 6-0.

Monday's results (first round):

At Den Bosch (Ordina Open): Men: Igor Andreev bt Peter Wessels 6-1, 6-3; Dennis van Scheppingen bt Jose Acasuso 6-3, 6-2; Martin Verkerk bt Kristof Vliegen 7-6 (2), 6-4; Fernando Verdasco bt Jean-Claude Scherrer 3-6, 7-6 (9), 6-4.

Women: Lina Krasnoroutskaya bt Melinda Czink 6-2, 6-1; Denisa Chladkova bt Martina Sucha 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

At Eastbourne (Hastings Championships): First round: Karolina Sprem bt Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi 6-2, 6-4; Nathalie Dechy bt Fabiola Zuluaga 6-2, 6-1; Magdalena Maleeva bt Anne Keothavong 5-7, 6-1, 6-1. — Agencies

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