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Robredo beats Chela

MADRID: Tommy Robredo twice came from behind to beat Juan Ignacio Chela 7-6(2), 7-6(3) on Tuesday in the second round of the Madrid Masters tennis tournament.

Chela served for each set at 6-5, but the eighth-ranked Spaniard broke him both times to force the tiebreakers.

Robredo, who will next face either 12th-ranked Mario Ancic or Robby Ginepri, won the Hamburg Masters in May.

The results:

At Madrid: (ATP Madrid Masters):Second round: Tommy Robredo bt Juan Ignacio Chela 7-6(2), 7-6(3).First round: Dominik Hrbaty bt Gael Monfils 3-6, 2-2 (retired); Robin Soderling bt Olivier Rochus 6-3, 6-4; Kristof Vliegen bt Dmitry Tursunov 6-3, 6-1; Robby Ginepri bt Feliciano Lopez 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; Tim Henman bt Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-3; Paradorn Srichaphan bt Gorka Fraile 6-2, 6-2; Mardy Fish bt Xavier Malisse 5-7, 6-3, 7-5; Andy Murray bt Ivan Navarro Pastor 6-2, 6-4; Julien Benneteau bt Aljandro Falla 6-2, 6-1; Nicolas Massu bt Gaston Gaudio 4-6, 6-3 (retired); Agustin Calleri bt Florent Serra 7-6(3), 6-3; Juan Chela bt Carlos Moya 6-3, 6-2; Sebastien Grosjean bt Jonas Bjorkman 6-4, 7-5.

At Zurich: (WTA Zurich Open): First round: Shahar Peer bt Alicia Molik 6-1, 6-2; Ai Sugiyama bt Marion Bartoli 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Maria Kirilenko bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6-4, 7-6(4).

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