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Berdych advances

BANGKOK: Third seed Tomas Berdych cured his jet-leg with a brisk 50-minute workout for an opening win over local wildcard Kittipong Wachiramanowong at the Thailand Open on Wednesday.

The Czech who arrived a day earlier from a Davis Cup win at home over the Roger Federer-led Swiss, admitted that his brief 6-3, 6-0 workout was precisely the tonic after a long flight.

“I just landed on Tuesday morning and it was a tough week for me at the Davis Cup,” said the Bangkok debutant. “This match was an OK way to start.

“But I certainly want to improve in the next rounds.”

The results: At Bangkok (Thailand Open): First round: Tomas Berdych bt Kittipong Wachiramanowong 6-3, 6-0; Dmitry Tursunov bt Werner Eschauer 6-3, 3-6, 6-1; Fernando Verdasco bt David Martin 6-2, 6-1; Nick Lindahl bt Sam Querrey 2-6, 6-4, 6-3; Igor Kunitsyn bt George Bastl 6-3, 6-4.

At Seoul (Korea Open): Second round: Catalina Castaño bt Martina Müller 6-4, 6-2; Flavia Pennetta bt Pauline Parmentier 6-4, 6-4; Ayumi Morita bt Mathilde Johansson 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. First round: Maria Kirilenko bt Kim So-Jung 7-5, 6-3; Marta Domachowska bt Alberta Brianti 6-3 6-2.

At Guangzhou (Guangzhou International): First round: Dominika Cibulkova bt Tatiana Poutchek 6-0, 6-3; Julie Ditty bt Olga Poutchkova 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Olga Govortsova bt Jarmila Gajdosova 6-1, 6-3; Ioana Raluca Olaru bt Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-2, 6-4; Camille Pin bt Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1, 4-1 retired.; Alicia Molik bt Hana Sromova 7-5, 6-2; Virginia Ruano Pascual bt Khrystyna Antoniychuk 6-1, 6-0; Anastasia Rodionova bt Aleksandra Wozniak 6-4, 6-2; Tzipora Obziler bt Elise Tamaela 6-1, 6-3; Song Shanshan bt Ji Chunmei 6-3, 6-2.

At Luxembourg (Fortis Championships): First round: Marion Bartoli bt Alona Bondarenko 6-3, 6-2; Francesca Schiavone bt Nathalie Dechy 6-2, 6-3; Vera Zvonareva bt Julia Goerges 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2; Meilen Tu bt Julia Vakulenko 6-4, 6-3; Zuzana Ondraskova bt Meghann Shaughnessy 6-4, 6-1; Klara Zakopalova bt Emilie Loit 7-5, 3-1 retired. — Agencies

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