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Henman cruises into the third round

TOKYO: British star Tim Henman opened his Japan Open account with a 6-2, 6-1 humbling of Canada's Frank Dancevic on Tuesday and said he fancied his chances here.

``I'm very pleased. I did hit the ball well and served well. I enjoyed all the conditions. The court is a little bit quicker than where I usually play on, but it suits my game really, really well,'' said the tenth seed.

Meanwhile, seventh seed Robby Ginepri became the biggest men's seed to fall when the American crashed to 103rd-ranked Argentine Juan Martin del Potro 6-2, 6-2.

Henman, 32, scored one of the first major breakthroughs of his career in Japan 12 years ago, coming through the first two rounds before falling to Pete Sampras.

The results: At Tokyo (Japan Open): Men: Second round: Juan Martin Del Potro bt Robby Ginepri 6-2, 6-2; Tim Henman bt Frank Dancevic 6-2, 6-1. First round: Satoshi Iwabuchi bt Ti Chen 6-2, 6-1; Danai Udomchoke bt Marin Cilic 7-6(3), 6-3; Stefan Koubek bt Stefano Galvani 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; Rainer Schuettler bt Michael Berrer 6-2, 6-1; Lars Burgsmuller bt Wayne Arthurs 6-7(5), 7-6(7), 7-6(3); Yen-Hsun Lu bt Ramon Delgado 6-2, 6-3; Victor Troicki bt Fernando Vicente 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2; Alexander Waske bt Tetsuya Chaen 6-4, 6-4.

Women: First round: Jamea Jackson bt Gisela Dulko 6-4, 6-1; Aiko Nakamura bt Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-3; Lilia Osterloh bt Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Vera Dushevina bt Shikha Uberoi 7-6(3), 6-3; Yung-Jan Chan bt Julia Schruff 6-3, 6-0; Marion Bartoli bt Jill Craybas 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.

At Metz (ATP Moselle Open): First round: Daniele Bracciali bt Phillip Kohlschreiber 4-6, 6-3, 7-5; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez bt Davide Sanguinetti 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-0; Marc Gicquel bt David Ferrer 6-3, 5-7, 6-4; Florent Serra bt Robin Soderling 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-2.

At Stuttgart (Porsche Tennis Grand Prix): Michaella Krajicek bt Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-1; Patty Schnyder bt Chanda Rubin 6-2, 6-2.

At Tashkent (WTA Tashkent Open): First round: Katerina Bondarenko bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6-3, 6-4; Dominika Cibulkova bt Galina Voskoboeva 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(2); Olivia Sanchez bt Alberta Brianti 7-6(4), 7-6(6); Victoria Azarenka bt Sanja Ancic 7-5, 6-0; Anastassia Rodionova bt Olga Govortsova 1-6, 6-4, 6-1.

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