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Dent, Srichaphan exit

BASEL (SWITZERLAND), OCT. 27. Taylor Dent and Paradorn Srichaphan failed to clear the first hurdle in the $1.25 million Swiss Indoors tennis tournament on Tuesday.

Dent was toppled by Swiss wildcard Ivo Heuberger 6-2, 6-3, while Stefan Koubek upset Srichaphan 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-3.

Bhupathi-Gambill win

India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his American partner Jan-Michael Gambill edged past Australian Jordan Kerr and American Jim Thomas 7-6(1), 6-7(6), 7-6(4) in the doubles first round match at the Stockholm Open.

The results: At Basel (Swiss Indoors): First round: Stefan Koubek bt Paradorn Srichaphan 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-3; Ivo Heuberger bt Taylor Dent 6-2, 6-3; Bohdan Ulihrach bt Luis Horna 6-1 (retd.); Mariano Zabaleta bt Victor Hanescu 7-6(7), 5-7, 6-4; Gaston Gaudio bt Dick Norman 7-6(4), 6-4.

Tommy Robredo bt Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6(6), 5-7,6-4; Jiri Novak bt Florian Mayer 6-2, 6-3.

At St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg Open): First round: Michael Kohlmann bt Gregory Carraz 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Karol Beck bt Jiri Vanek 6-3, 6-2; Gilles Muller bt Igor Andreev 4-6, 6-1, 7-5; Greg Rusedski bt Marc Rosset 6-4, 6-3; Alex Corretja bt Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4, 6-2; Ivo Karlovic bt Dominik Hrbaty 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-4; Max Mirnyi bt Ricardo Mello 7-6(7), 7-6(2).

At Stockholm (Stockholm Open): First round: Tommy Haas bt Davide Sanguinetti 7-6(5), 6-4; Kenneth Carlsen bt Ervin Eleskovic 6-0, 6-1; Feliciano Lopez bt Jeff Morrison 7-6(5), 7-5; Olivier Rochus bt Johan Settergren 6-3, 6-2; Janko Tipsarevic bt Tomas Berdych 3-6, 7-5, 6-1.Doubles: First Round: Mahesh Bhupathi & Jan-Michael Gambill bt Jordan Kerr & Jim Thomas7-6(1), 6-7(6), 7-6(4).

At Luxembourg (SEAT Open WTA tournament): First round: Eleni Daniilidou bt Jill Craybas 7-5, 6-1; Marlene Weingartner bt Anca Barna 7-5, 5-7, 6-4; Dinara Safina bt Antonella Serra Zanetti 6-4, 6-0; Tina Pisnik bt Virginie Razzano 6-1, 6-1; Emma Laine bt Magdalena Maleeva 5-7, 6-4, 6-3; Anabel Medina Garrigues bt Tathiana Garbin 6-2, 6-4.

At Linz (Generali Ladies Open): First round: Julia Schruff bt Klara Koukalova 6-4, 6-3; Alina Jidkova bt Vera Douchevina 6-2, 6-1; Daniela Hantuchova bt Lindsay Lee-Waters 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; Meghann Shaughnessy bt Karolina Sprem 7-5, 4-6, 6-1; Ai Sugiyama bt Maria Vento-Kabchi 6-0, 6-0. Marta Domachovska, Poland, def. Fabiola Zuluaga, Colombia, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4.

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