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Nadal returns with a win at Marseille

Marseille: Top seed Rafael Nadal of Spain signalled his return to competition with a 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 victory over Belgian Olivier Rochus in the $6,00,000 ATP tennis tournament.

The results: At Marseille: first round: Greg Rusedski bt Nicolas Thomann 6-3, 6-2; Mikhail Youzhny bt Sebastien de Chaunac 6-4, 6-3; Yevgeny Korolev bt Alexandre Sidorenko 2-6, 6-4, 6-1; Nikolay Davydenko bt Christophe Rochus 6-1, 6-2; Rafael Nadal bt Olivier Rochus 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; Igor Andreev bt Taylor Dent 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(0).

At San Jose: SAP Open: first round: Andy Roddick bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 6-4; Yeu-Tzuoo Wang bt James Blake 6-3, 7-5; Brian Wilson bt Ivo Karlovic 7-6(1), 7-6(5); Justin Gimelstob bt Bjorn Rehnquist 6-1, 6-4; Robin Soderling bt Andrei Pavel 6-3, 6-4.

At Brussels: Proximus Diamond Games: first round: Elena Dementieva bt Maret Ani 6-3, 6-2; Patty Schnyder bt Michaella Krajicek 6-0, 6-4; Daniela Hantuchova bt Zuzana Ondraskova 6-1, 6-0; Tatiana Golovin bt Kirsten Flipkens 6-1, 7-6; Marta Domachowska bt Anabel Medina 6-4, 6-2; Ana Ivanovic bt Roberta Vinci 6-3, 6-3.

At Buenos Aires: Copa Telmex: first round: Flavio Saretta bt Gorka Fraile 6-0, 4-6, 6-3; Nicolas Massu bt Marcos Daniel 6-3, 5-7, 6-1; Juan Ignacio Chela bt Luis Horna 7-6 (retired); Martin Vassallo Arguello bt Ricardo Mello 6-3, 6-3; Agustin Calleri bt Florent Serra 6-0, 6-4; Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo bt Eric Prodon 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Alberto Martin bt Albert Portas 6-2, 7-5; Filippo Volandri bt Fernando Vicente 6-3, 6-2.

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