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Srichaphan's woes continue

LONDON: Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan's woeful run of form continued here on Monday, losing for the fifth time in succession in a first-round contest as he crashed out of the 680,250-euro Queen's club event.

The former top 15 player, now languishing in 36th, has not won a match since late April, when he defeated the 89th-ranked Dutchman Peter Wessels in Munich. Paradorn fell to American journeyman Kevin Kim 6-3, 6-4 to compile a dismal 11-16 record this season and to make matters worse it was on his favourite surface.

The fall from grace was painful after the Thai announced his presence with a Wimbledon upset of Andre Agassi in 2002. A year ago, the 25-year-old suffered mixed fortunes, reaching the Nottingham final but faling in the Wimbledon first round.

U.S. Open junior champion Andrew Murray earned a 6-1, 6-2 decision over Spaniard Santiago Ventura.

In Halle, qualifier Yeu Tzoo Wang of Taiwan stunned France's Michael Llodra 7-6(2), 6-7(6), 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Gerry Weber Open on Tuesday.

The results:

At Queen's: Stella Artois ATP Championships: first round: Kevin Kim bt Paradorn Srichaphan 6-3, 6-4; Andrew Murray bt Santiago Ventura 6-1, 6-2; Chris Guccione bt Kristof Vliegen 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4.

Igor Andreev bt Alan Mackin 7-5, 4-6, 6-3; Mark Philippoussis bt Raemon Sluiter 6-4, 6-0; Tomas Zib bt Jerome Haehnel 6-3, 6-3; Richard Gasquet bt Janko Tipsarevic 6-1 7-6(3); Taylor Dent bt Tomas Behrend 6-4, 6-3; Tomas Zib bt Jerome Haehnel 6-3, 6-4; Gilles Muller bt Julian Benneteau 6-2, 6-3; Dmitry Tursunov bt Jonas Bjorkman 7-5, 6-3; Max Mirnyi bt Tomas Berdych 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-2; Jamie Delgado bt Gael Monfils 6-2, 6-4.

At Birmingham: DFS Classic: Second round: Maria Sharapova bt Anne Kremer 6-3, 6-0.

First round: Akiko Morigami bt Amanda Janes 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(5); Elena Baltacha bt Alyona Bondarenko 7-6(9), 6-1; Milagros Sequera bt Lisa Raymond 6-1, 6-0; Natalie Grandin bt Ludmila Cervanova 6-1, 6-4; Evie Dominikovic bt Meghann Shaughnessy 6-4, 7-6(5); Laura Granville bt Anna Keothavong 6-2, 6-0; Jamea Jackson bt Kristina Brandi 3-6, 7-5, 6-0.

At Halle: Gerry Weber Open: first round: Juan Carlos Ferrero bt Vladimir Voltchkov 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4; Yeu Tzoo Wang bt Michael Llodra 7-6(2), 6-7(6), 6-2; Dick Norman bt Christophe Rochus 6-4, 3-6, 6-1;

Tommy Haas bt Jiri Novak 6-4, 6-1. — Agencies

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