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Federer struggles against qualifier

TOKYO: World No. 1 Roger Federer found himself in a unexpected dogfight against qualifier Viktor Troicki before coming out on top in two tie-breaks in the second round of the Japan Open on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old Swiss, playing his first match since winning the U.S. Open, needed time to get used to the surface here before scoring a 7-6(2), 7-6(3) win over the 276th-ranked Serbian.

Sania advances

Sania Mirza needed just 48 minutes to ease past France's Pauline Parmentier into the second round of the Tashkent Open. The World No. 55 defeated the 206-ranked Parmentier 6-3, 6-1.

``It's good to have an easy first round,'' said the 19-year old Hyderabadi lass, seeded third here.

``I don't have it too often. I still have to get used to these courts, they are very different from Seoul (where she reached the quarterfinals last week).''

Sania next plays Hana Sromova of the Czech Republic.

The results: At Tokyo (Japan Open): Men: Second round: Tommy Robredo bt Yen-Hsun Lu 6-4, 6-1; Jiri Novak bt Andrew Murray 6-3, 7-6(1); Jarkko Nieminen bt Lars Burgsmuller 7-5, 7-6(2); Hyung Taik Lee bt Kristian Pless 7-5, 6-1; Alexander Waske bt Bjorn Phau 6-4, 6-4; Juan Monaco bt Edgardo Massa 7-6(4), 6-3; Wesley Moodie bt Stefan Koubek 6-3, 6-4; Benjamin Becker bt Danai Udomchoke 6-2, 6-1; Rainer Schuettler bt Paul Goldstein 6-3, 6-2.

Women: Second round: Yung-Jan Chan bt Marta Domachowska 6-1, 6-2; First round: Ai Sugiyama bt Emma Laine 6-4, 6-3; Anabel Medina Garrigues bt Klara Zakopalova 7-6(3), 7-5; Paola Suarez bt Lucie Safarova 6-4, 6-4; Camille Pin bt Eleni Daniilidou 6-1, 1-1 retired; Alicia Molik bt Jelena Kostanic 7-5, 6-2.

At Metz (ATP Moselle Open): First round: Paul-Henri Mathieu bt Fabrice Santoro 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Jurgen Melzer bt Albert Montanes 7-5, 6-2; Mardy Fish bt Thierry Ascione 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Cyril Saulnier bt Dominik Hrbaty 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Richard Gasquet bt Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3, 6-1; Julien Benneteau bt Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(7).

At Stuttgart (WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix): First round: Tatiana Golovin bt Elena Likhovtseva 4-6, 6-0, 6-3; Katarina Srebotnik bt Nathalie Dechy 6-1, 6-4; Shahar Peer bt Ekaterina Bychkova 6-3, 6-3; Dinara Safina bt Mara Santangelo 6-1, 5-7, 7-6(9); Anna-Lena Groenefeld bt Tatiana Malek 6-3, 2-6, 6-0; Martina Muller bt Kveta Peschke 6-0, 7-6(4).

At Tashkent (WTA Tashkent Open): First round: Sania Mirza bt Pauline Parmentier 6-3, 6-1; Olga Poutchkova bt Luodmila Skavronskaia 6-7(4), 6-2, 7-5. — Agencies

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