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Daniilidou puts out Kuznetsova

CALIFORNIA: : U.S. Open champion and second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova was upset 6-4, 6-4 by Eleni Daniilidou of Greece on Wednesday in the second round of the JPMorgan Chase Open.

Earlier, No. 6 seed Mary Pierce of Frances left the tournament due to injury.

Former champion Kim Clijsters, the tournament's No. 5 seed, beat Karolina Sprem of Croatia, 6-2, 6-1.

Agassi advances

At Montreal, three-time champion Andre Agassi defeated Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 to advance to the third round of the Montreal Masters tennis tournament.

The 35-year-old Agassi, seeded fourth and seeking his first victory in Canada since 1995, advanced to face Nicolas Kiefer of Germany in the round of 16.

A long rain delay couldn't stop Rafael Nadal of Spain as the top seed romped to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Brazil's Ricardo Mello.

Nadal, back to his fist-pumping self after a subdued opening-round win over friend and mentor Carlos Moya, advanced to a third-round meeting with Sebastien Grosjean, who upset his 15th-seeded French compatriot Richard Gasquet 7-6 (5), 6-3.

The 19-year-old Nadal, who has eight tournaments wins this year — all on clay courts — is looking for his first career hardcourt victory.

``I think I don't play bad on fast courts,'' he said. ``If I'm playing well, I can play good on this surface.''

Fifth seeds Leander Paes and his Serbian partner Nenad Zimonjic came a cropper against the unseeded Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram duo and crashed out of the men's doubles event. The Erlich-Ram pair won the second round match 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(3).

The results:

At California: WTA JPMorgan Chase Open: second round: Daniela Hantuchova bt Angela Haynes 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Lisa Raymond bt Aiko Nakamura 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3; Marion Bartoli bt Sun Tian Tian 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1; Elena Dementieva bt Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-3; Conchita Martinez bt Gisela Dulko 6-4, 6-2; Nadia Petrova bt Jill Craybas 6-3, 6-1; Kim Clijsters bt Karolina Sprem 6-2, 6-1; Eleni Daniilidou bt Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-4.

At Montreal: ATP Rogers Cup: second round: Greg Rusedski bt Max Mirnyi 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2); Mario Ancic bt Florent Serra 6-3, 3-6, 7-5; Olivier Rochus bt Robin Soderling 6-2, 6-7 (2), 5-2 (retd); Nicolas Kiefer bt Taylor Dent 6-4, 6-4; Nikolay Davydenko bt Tomas Berdych 5-7, 6-1, 6-3; Gaston Gaudio bt Kenneth Carlsen 3-6, 6-2, 7-5; Andre Agassi bt Jonas Bjorkman 6-1, 3-6, 6-2; Sebastien Grosjean bt Richard Gasquet 7-6 (5), 6-3; Paul-Henri Mathieu bt Arnaud Clement 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Dominik Hrbaty bt Jiri Novak 6-3, 4-6, 6-0; Rafael Nadal bt Ricardo Mello 6-1, 6-2; Tommy Robredo bt Younes El Aynaoui 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6); Xavier Malisse bt Thomas Johansson 7-5, 7-6 (4); Juan Carlos Ferrero bt David Ferrer 7-5, 4-6, 6-3; Karol Beck bt David Nalbandian 7-6 (1), 6-7 (3), 6-3; Mariano Puerta bt Andrei Pavel 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

At Stockholm, Nordic Light Open: second round: Arantxa Parra Santonja bt Anabel Medina Garrigues 7-6 (1), 6-4; Emilie Loit bt Mara Santangelo 6-2, 1-6, 6-2; Katarina Srebotnik bt Ekaterina Bychkova 6-0, 6-1; Catalina Castano bt Emma Laine 7-6 (5), 6-1. — Agencies

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