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del Potro out; Serena is No. 1

TOKYO: US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro crashed out of the Japan Open in the first round on Tuesday, beaten 6-4, 6-4 by unseeded French qualifier Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

Nadal scrapes through

In the China Open in Beijing, Rafael Nadal survived a scare in his opening match holding off a fierce challenge from former Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Also on Tuesday, Serena Williams regained the World No. 1 ranking with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Ekaterina Makarova.

Defending champions Andy Roddick and Jelena Jankovic were both upset — the American stumbled out in straight sets to Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot, 6-2, 6-4, while China’s Peng Shuai defeated the eighth seed Jankovic, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

The results: At Beijing (China Open): Men: First round: Rafael Nadal bt Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Lukasz Kubot bt Andy Roddick 6-2, 6-4; Nikolay Davydenko bt Igor Kunitsyn 6-1, 6-7(6), 6-2; Fernando Verdasco bt Robby Ginepri 6-7(7), 6-1, 6-2; Robin Soderling bt Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Fernando Gonzalez bt David Ferrer 7-5, 6-4; Marat Safin bt Jose Acasuso 6-4, 6-2; James Blake bt Florian Mayer 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Ivan Ljubicic bt Paul-Henrii Mathieu 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-1.

Women: Second Round: Serena Williams bt Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-2; Elena Dementieva bt Melinda Czink 6-4, 6-3; Vera Zvonareva bt Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-0; Peng Shuai bt Jelena Jankovic 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; Maria Sharapova bt Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-5; Flavia Pennetta bt Kateryna Bondarenko 3-6, 7-5, 6-3; Agnieszka Radwanska bt Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-1; Nadia Petrova bt Daniela Hantuchova 6-1, 2-6, 7-5; María José Martínez Sánchez bt Vania King 6-4, 6-4.

At Tokyo (Japan Open): First round: Edouardo Roger-Vasselin bt Juan-Martin del Potro 6-4, 6-4; Gilles Simon bt Takao Suzuki 6-3, 6-4; Tomas Berdych bt Go Soeda 6-2, 6-4; Lleyton Hewitt bt Tatsuma Ito 6-1, 7-5; Jurgen Melzer bt Leonardo Mayer 7-6(4), 6-3; Fabrice Santoro bt Andrey Golubev 6-7(5), 7-6(2), 6-2. — Agencies

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