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Safina reaches quarterfinals

DEN BOSCH: Second-seeded Dinara Safina of Russia rallied for a 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Maria Elena Camerin of Italy on Tuesday, becoming the first player to make the quarterfinals of the grass-court Ordina Open.

Myskina moves up

Anastasia Myskina needed only 55 minutes to oust Slovak qualifier Jarmila Gajdosova 6-3, 6-0 to reach the second round of the Hastings Direct International on Tuesday.

Important results:

At 's-Hertogenbosch (Ordina Open): Men: First round: Mischa Zverev bt Davide Sanguinetti 7-6 (4), 7-6(5); Florent Serra bt Rainer Schuettler 6-4, 6-4; Vincent Spadea bt Bjorn Phau 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Julien Benneteau bt Joseph Sirianni 6-4, 6-4; Raemon Sluiter bt Robin Vik 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; Mario Ancic bt Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 7-6(3), 6-7(0), 7-5; Lee Hyung-taik bt Arnaud Clement 6-4, 6-4.

Women: Second round: Dinara Safina bt Maria Elena Camerin 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. First round: Jelena Jankovic bt Marrit Boonstra 6-3, 6-0; Alona Bondarenko bt Li Na 1-1, retd.

Klara Koukalova bt Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-4, 6-3; Eleni Daniilidou bt Zheng Jie 6-4, 6-1; Paola Suarez bt Maria Kirilenko 6-4, 6-3;

At Eastbourne (Hastings Direct International): First round: Vera Dushevina bt Anne Keothavong 6-1, 6-3; Jill Craybas bt Sofia Arvidsson 6-3, 6-1; Anastasia Myskina bt Jarmila Gajdosova 6-3, 6-0; Kveta Peschke bt Mara Santangelo 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.

Ai Sugiyama bt Katarina Srebotnik 7-6 (5), 4-6, 5-1, retd.; Francesca Schiavone bt Katie O'Brien 6-3, 6-1; Elena Likhovtseva bt Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 7-6 (3); Nathalie Dechy bt Shahar Peer 6-1, 6-4.

At Nottingham (Red Letter Days Open): First round: Jonas Bjorkman bt Agustin Calleri 2-6, 6-1, 6-3; Paul Goldstein bt Wesley Moodie 6-1, 7-5; Max Mirnyi bt Alex Bogdanovic 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3; Daniele Bracciali bt Nicolas Almagro 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7); Feliciano Lopez bt Olivier Rochus 6-3, 6-1; Andrew Murray bt Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-3.

Jan Vacek bt Thomas Johansson 7-6 (6), 6-7 (11), 6-4; Gilles Simon bt Igor Kunitsyn 6-4, 6-3; Paradorn Srichaphan bt Danai Udomchoke 6-3, 7-6 (4). — Agencies

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