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Ljubicic upsets Henman

MADRID, OCT. 21. Hard-serving Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia upset top seed Tim Henman of Britain 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters.

Bhupathi-Mirnyi win

Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi got the better of Leander Paes and David Rikl and entered the doubles quarterfinals. Bhupathi and Mirnyi, the fifth seeds, won a closely fought first round match 6-4, 7-6(4) .

The Indo-Belarussian pair next face Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia and Germany's Rainer Schuettler.

The results: At Madrid (Madrid Masters): Third round: Ivan Ljubicic bt Tim Henman 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Joachim Johansson bt Antony Dupuis 6-1, 7-6(6); Taylor Dent bt Tommy Haas 7-6(3), 6-2; Luis Horna bt Andrei Pavel 7-5, 6-4; David Nalbandian bt Paradorn Srichaphan 6-3, 6-1; Tommy Robredo bt Fernando Verdasco 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Second round: Luis Horna bt Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-1.

At Zurich (Swisscom Challenge): Second round: Maria Sharapova bt Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 7-5; Ai Sugiyama bt Flavia Pennetta 7-6(1), 6-1; Elena Dementieva bt Elena Bovina 7-5, 3-6, 6-0; Venus Williams bt Ana Ivanovic 7-6(11), 7-6(6); Paola Suarez bt Emilie Loit 6-1, 2-2 (retd); Patty Schnyder bt Fabiola Zuluaga 6-4, 6-3. — Agencies

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