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Kunitsyn stuns Hewitt

ADELAIDE: Russian Igor Kunitsyn upset fourth-seeded Lleyton Hewitt 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 on Thursday in a round-robin match at the Adelaide ATP International tournament, knocking the former Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion out of his hometown tournament.

Paes-Damm in last four

In Doha, Leander Paes and his Czech partner Martin Damm stormed into the semifinals of the Qatar Open thrashing the Belgian pair of Christophe Rochus and Kristof Vliegen 6-3, 6-1.

The results:

At Adelaide: ATP Next Generation Adelaide International (round-robin): Juan Martin Del Potro bt Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6(3), 0-6, 6-3; Gilles Simon bt Florent Serra 6-2, 5-7, 1-1, Serra retd.; Vince Spadea bt Evgeny Korolev 6-1, 7-6(6); Richard Gasquet bt Frank Dancevic 7-5, 5-7, 6-3; Chris Guccione bt Arnaud Clement 7-6(4), 7-6(5); Igor Kunitsyn bt Lleyton Hewitt 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4.

At Gold Coast: WTA Mondial Australian Hardcourts (quarterfinals): Martina Hingis bt Catalina Castano 6-3, 6-1; Tathiana Garbin bt Elena Vesnina 7-5, 6-2; Shahar Peer bt Ana Ivanovic 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; Dinara Safina bt Samantha Stosur 7-6(4), 6-3.

At Auckland: WTA ASB Classic (quarterfinals): Camille Pin bt Emilie Loit 6-3, 6-3; Jill Craybas bt Paola Suarez 6-3, 7-6(4); Jelena Jankovic bt Eleni Daniilidou 6-3, 6-4; Vera Zvonareva bt Virginie Razzano 7-5, 2-0, Razzano retd.

At Doha: ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open (second round): Ivan Ljubicic bt Younes El Ayanoui 6-3, 6-4; Nikolay Davydenko bt Jonas Bjorkman 6-4, 6-3.

Olivier Rochus bt Federico Luzzi 6-1, 6-0; Mikhail Youzhny bt Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-2; Marcos Baghdatis bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-2, 6-0; Robin Soderling bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 4-6, 6-0, 6-3.

Doubles: Leander Paes & Martin Damm bt Christophe Rochus & Kristof Vliegen 6-3, 6-1; Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor bt Sebastian Grosjean & Gael Melzer 6-3, 6-0. — Agencies

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