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Grosjean quells Jeanpierre's challenge

INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 22. It took him three sets, but Sebastien Grosjean finally did what several other seeded players could not do on Wednesday in the second round of the RCA Championships — win a match against a lesser opponent.

After dropping a 9-6 tie-breaker to Julien Jeanpierre in the first set, third-seeded Grosjean took control to win the next two sets 6-2, 6-2 and move into the round of 16.

Garrigues advances

At Palermo, Italy, second-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain advanced to the quarterfinals of the $110,000 Palermo International Tournament, defeating Roberta Vinci of Italy 7-6(3), 6-2.

The results:

At Indianapolis (RCA Championships): Second round: Todd Reid bt Alex Kuznetsov 6-1, 7-5; Noam Okun bt Thomas Enqvist 7-6(7), 2-6, 7-6(5); Jan Hernych bt Sjeng Schalken 7-5, 1-0 (retd.); Karol Beck bt Max Mirnyi 6-4, 7-6 (5); Gregory Carraz bt Mardy Fish 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4); Robby Ginepri bt Sebastien De Chaunac 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Alex Bogomolov Jr. bt Robin Soderling 6-2, 6-2; Rik de Voest bt Marco Chiudinelli 1-6, 6-1, 6-3; Sebastien Grosjean bt Julien Jeanpierre 6-7(6), 6-2, 6-2; Xavier Malisse bt Jeff Morrison 6-1, 6-2; Nicolas Kiefer bt Ivo Karlovic 6-0, 7-6(0); Dominik Hrbaty bt Fabrice Santoro 6-3, 6-2; Joachim Johansson bt Greg Rusedski 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4.

At Carson (JPMorgan Chase Open): Second round: Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Maria Vento-Kabchi 6-3, 6-3; Arantxa Parra Santonja bt Anca Barna 6-0, 7-6(2); Amy Frazier bt Barbara Schett 6-4, 6-4; Serena Williams bt Eleni Daniilidou 6-1, 7-6(3); Jelena Kostanic bt Patty Schnyder 6-1, 7-6(5); Marion Bartoli bt Akiko Morigami 6-2, 6-0; Elena Likhovtseva bt Jelena Jankovic 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi bt Daniela Hantuchova 7-6(5), 6-4; Ai Sugiyama bt Nicole Pratt 6-2, 6-4; Chanda Rubin bt Iveta Benesova 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Vera Zvonareva w/o Tina Pisnik; Lindsay Davenport bt Anne Kremer 7-5, 6-2; Francesca Schiavone bt Nathalie Dechy 7-6(5), 6-2.

At Umag (Croatia Open): Second round: Kristof Vliegen bt Olivier Rochus 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-4; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez bt Flavio Saretta 7-5, 6-0; Jiri Novak bt Christophe Rochus 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Filippo Volandri bt Florent Serra, France, 7-5, 6-0.

At Kitzbuehel (Generali Open): Second round: Rainer Schuettler bt Andreas Seppi 4-6, 7-6(13), 6-0; Feliciano Lopez bt Stefan Koubek 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Tomas Berdych bt Potito Starace 6-2, 7-5; Santiago Ventura bt Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-1; David Sanchez bt Frantisek Cermak 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Nicolas Massu bt Yuri Shukin 6-2, 6-3.

At Palermo (Internazionali Femminilli di Palermo): Second round: Anabel Medina Garrigues bt Roberta Vinci 7-6(3), 6-2; Denisa Chladkova bt Yulia Beygelzimer 6-3, 6-1; Katarina Srebotnik bt Delia Sescioreanu 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; Antonella Serra Zanetti bt Conchita Martinez Granados 6-4, 6-0. — AP

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