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Henman eases past Murray

Sania faces Hingis again after first-round win at Seoul

BOUNCING BACK: Sania Mirza shrugged off a sedate start to pummel local favourite Lee Ye-ra 3-6, 6-0, 6-0 during the first round of the Hansol Korea Open in Seoul on Wednesday. — PHOTO: AP

BANGKOK: British veteran Tim Henman finally saw his luck change against Andy Murray as he defeated the teenager for the first time in four attempts at the Thailand Open here on Wednesday.

The unseeded 32-year-old, now ranked 58th in the world, needed just over 80 minutes to take out the fourth seed 6-4, 6-2 in the first round.

Murray, at a career-high World No. 16, first defeated Henman late last year in Basel and then produced back-to-back wins last month at ATP Masters events in Toronto and Cincinnati.

Sania Mirza set up another duel with Swiss Miss Martina Hingis with a come-from-behind win against local wildcard Lee Ye-ra 3-6, 6-0, 6-0 in the first round of the $145,000 Korea Open in Seoul on Wednesday.

Playing against the unheralded Korean, Sania was jolted out of her inertia as her opponent stunned the Indian by winning the first set.

That served a wake-up call and Sania raised her game by a few notches. Top seed Martina Hingis defeated Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-2.

The results: At Bangkok (ATP Thailand Open): First round: Julien Benneteau bt Satoshi Iwabuchi 6-4, 6-2; Jarkko Nieminen bt Edgardo Massa 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-2; Rainer Schuettler bt Hyung-taik Lee 6-1, 6-4; Tim Henman bt Andy Murray 6-4, 6-2; Benjamin Balleret bt Alexander Waske 7-5, 2-6, 6-1.

At Palermo (ATP Internazionali di Sicilia): First round: Oscar Hernandez bt Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1, 6-1; Nicolas Almagro bt Olivier Marach 6-1, 6-4; Jan Hajek bt Bohdan Ulihrach 6-3, 7-6(2); Gilles Simon bt Andreas Seppi 6-0, 6-7(6), 6-2.

At Seoul (WTA Hansol Korea Championships): Second round: Vera Zvonareva bt Emma Laine 6-4, 6-0; Akiko Morigami bt Aiko Nakamura 7-5, 6-2; Eleni Daniilidou bt Vera Dushevina 1-6, 6-1, 6-0. First round: Martina Hingis bt Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-2; Sania Mirza bt Lee Ye-Ra 3-6, 6-0, 6-0.

At Luxembourg (WTA Fortis Championships): First round: Francesca Schiavone bt Michaella Krajicek 6-4, 6-3; Karin Knapp bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-0, 6-4; Alona Bondarenko bt Mary Pierce 6-3, 6-3; Nathalie Dechy bt Sybille Bammer 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; Chanda Rubin bt Martina Müller 6-3, 6-0; Roberta Vinci bt Tatjana Malek 6-4, 6-3.

At Guangzhou (WTA International Open): Second round: Alicia Molik bt Lourdes Dominguez Lino 7-6(3), 6-0; Anabel Medina Garrigues bt Ren Jing 6-0, 6-1.

First round: Chen Yanchong bt Melinda Czink 6-1, 6-2; Anna Chakvetadze bt Zhang Shuai 3-6, 7-5, 6-0; Elena Vesnina bt Kaia Kanepi 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. — Agencies

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