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Bopanna gets past Kim

NEWPORT: Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna set up a second round clash with top seed Mardy Fish after defeating Kevin Kim 6-3, 6-4 in the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships here on Monday.

Both the players struggled in converting the breakpoints and squandered numerous chances. Bopanna could convert just three of 10 while Kim could convert just one of the nine break points that came his way.

But Bopanna lived upto his reputation of being a booming server firing 15 aces as against one of Kim.

Bopanna, who is ranked 374, has a tough test in the second round as he is up against a player, who is ranked as high as 41 in the ATP ranking charts.

Though Fish got a bye in the first round, no top seed has won the tournament in its 31 years.

Acasuso knocked out

In Stuttgart, shortly after Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Mercedes Cup, Albert Montanes of Spain upset seventh-seeded Jose Acasuso 6-3, 7-6(5) in the first round on Monday.

Two Germans who live near the tennis courts advanced into the second round with wins. Michael Berrer beat Eric Prodon of France 6-3, 6-4 and Andreas Beck beat training partner Daniel Brands 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Andreev moves up

In Gstaad, former finalist Igor Andreev beat Marcos Daniel of Brazil 6-4, 7-5 in his opening match at the Swiss Open on Monday.

The only other seed in action, No. 8 Guillermo Canas, overcame Ivo Minar of the Czech Republic 7-6(9), 6-3.

The results:

At Newport: ATP Hall of Fame Championships: First round: Donald Young bt Woong-Sun Jun 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; Rohan Bopanna bt Kevin Kim 6-3, 6-4; Vincent Spadea bt Simon Stadler 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; Mikhail Ledovskikh bt Kristian Pless 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.

At Bastad: ATP Swedish Open: First round: Boris Pashanski bt Nicolas Massu 6-2, 6-3; Olivier Rochus bt Marc Gicquel 6-3, 6-4; Jarkko Nieminen bt Sergio Roitman 6-4, 6-2.

Potito Starace bt Carlos Moya 6-7(4), 7-6(6), 6-4; Thomas Johansson bt Filip Prpic 7-6(4), 6-3; Steve Darcis bt Daniel Koellerer 7-6(4), 6-0; Marat Safin bt Marc Lopez 7-6(6), 7-5.

At Gstaad: ATP Swiss Open: First round: Guillermo Canas bt Ivo Minar 7-6(9), 6-3; Kristof Vliegen bt Martin Vassallo Arguello 6-3, 6-4; Florent Serra bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver 7-6(2), 7-6(5); Marin Cilic bt Josselin Ouanna 6-3, 6-4; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez bt Michael Lammer 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Igor Andreev bt Marcos Daniel 6-4, 7-5; Nicolas Kiefer bt Gianluca Naso 6-3, 6-2; Victor Hanescu bt Olivier Patience 7-6(4), 6-2; Dominik Meffert bt Andreas Seppi 6-2, 5-7, 6-4; Flavio Cipolla bt Jiri Vanek 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; Jeremy Chardy bt Luis Horna 7-6(5), 6-7(6), 7-5.

At Stuttgart: Mercedes Cup: First round: Albert Montanes bt Jose Acasuso 6-3, 7-6(5); Juan Martin Del Potro bt Evgeny Korolev 6-3, 7-5; Oscar Hernandez bt Santiago Ventura 6-1, 6-4; Michael Berrer bt Eric Prodon 6-3, 6-4; Andreas Beck bt Daniel Brands 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Pablo Cuevas bt Santiago Giraldo 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(11).

Agustin Calleri bt Jurgen Melzer 7-6(3), 6-4; Edouardo Schwank bt Guillermo Coria 0-6, 6-1, 6-2; Yuri Schukin bt Carlos Berlocq 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

At Palermo: WTA Palermo International: First round: Julia Vakulenko bt Mara Santangelo 6-4, 1-6, 6-1; Sara Errani bt Hsieh Su-Wei 6-1, 6-0; Carla Suarez Navarro bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 7-5, 7-6(2).

Flavia Pennetta bt Sandra Kloesel 6-2, 6-2.

At Budapest: WTA Budapest GP: First round: Tsvetana Pironkova bt Teodora Mircic 6-3, 6-1; Lucie Safarova bt Kyra Nagy 6-2, 6-2; Tzipora Obziler bt Ioana Raluca Olaru 6-3, 6-2; Anna-Lena Groenefeld bt Palma Kiraly 6-0, 6-4; Karolina Sprem bt Pauline Parmentier 7-5, 6-2; Greta Arn bt Iveta Benesova 6-4, 6-4; Martina Müller bt Veronika Chvojkova 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Zuzana Kucova bt Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 6-3, 6-4. — Agencies

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