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Good start by Agassi

Delray Beach (U.S.): Eight-time Grand Slam winner Andre Agassi got off to a strong start at the ATP Delray Beach championships with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over 2004 champion Ricardo Mello.

Agassi skipped the recent Australian Open due to injury. The top seed joined Robby Ginepri, defending champion Xavier Malisse and Tommy Haas as the top four seeds and was the only one of the quartet in action on Monday.

Gaudio posts win

Top-seeded Gaston Gaudio beat Chilean wild card Felipe Parada 6-1, 6-4 in a successful start to the defence of his Movistar Open title at Vina Del Mar in Chile.

Hantuchova rallies

Sixth seed Daniela Hantuchova overcame a slow start to beat Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Montenegro in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo on Tuesday. The Slovakian came back from one set and 0-3 down in the final set to score a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 win and stayed on course for a re-match against defending champion Maria Sharapova.

The results:

At Delray Beach: Delray Beach International championships (first round): Andre Agassi bt Ricardo Mello 6-4, 6-4; Todd Widom bt Wesley Moodie 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Florian Mayer bt Michael Berrer 4-6, 6-0, 6-3; Simon Greul bt Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-3; Justin Gimelstob bt Danai Udomchoke 6-4, 6-4; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez bt Bjorn Phau 6-1, 6-4; Oliver Marach bt Cyril Saulnier 2-0 (retd.); Vincent Spadea bt Wang Yeu-tzuoo 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.

At Zagreb: PBZ Zagreb indoor tournament (first round): Jarkko Nieminen bt Potito Starace 3-6, 7-5, 6-3; Marin Cilic bt Igor Andreev 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Tim Henman bt Arnaud Clement 6-3, 6-3; Novak Djokovic bt Robin Vik 6-1, 7-5.

At Vina Del Mar: ATP Movistar Open (first round): Albert Montanes bt Juan Monaco 6-4, 6-2; Carlos Cuadrado bt Tomas Behrend 7-5, 6-0; Daniel Gimeno-Traver bt Agustin Calleri 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; Gaston Gaudio bt Felipe Parada 6-1, 6-4; Juan Martin Del Potro bt Albert Portas 6-2, 6-2; Juan Aguilar bt Guillermo Hormazabal 6-4, 6-2; Gustavo Marcaccio bt Luis Horna 7-6(8), 0-6, 6-3; Nicolas Massu bt Marcos Daniel 6-3, 6-3.

At Tokyo: Pan Pacific Open tournament (first round): Nicole Vaidisova bt Rika Fujiwara 6-3, 6-1; Katarina Srebotnik bt Jill Craybas 7-6 (10-8), 6-3; Daniela Hantuchova bt Jelena Jankovic 2-6, 6-4, 6-4; Maria Kirilenko bt Mara Santangelo 6-4, 6-1; Ana Ivanovic bt Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-0; Marion Bartoli bt Tatiana Golovin 6-3, 6-0; Saori Obata bt Kveta Peschke 6-2, 6-1. — Agencies

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