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Del Potro struggles in opening win

Estoril (Portugal): Former US Open winner Juan Del Potro struggled to defeat Portugal's World No. 488 Pedro Sousa as the big Argentine made an unconvincing start to his claycourt season at the Estoril Open on Tuesday.

Del Potro, who played only three events in 2010 due to right wrist surgery, emerged a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 winner after nearly two hours, with qualifier Sousa putting in a respectable showing for the home crowd.

The results:

First round: At Belgrade (Serbia Open): Adrian Ungur bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4; Ricardo Mello bt John Isner 6-4, 7-6(4); Feliciano Lopez bt Juan Monaco 6-4, 7-5; Fernando Gonzalez bt Martin Klizan 6-2, 6-4; Michael Berrer bt Alexander Peya 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Illya Marchenko bt Ernests Gulbis 6-2, 6-4; Marcel Granollers bt Franko Skugor 7-5, 6-1; Blaz Kavcic bt Tobias Kamke 7-6(0), 6-1. Second round: Blaz Kavcic bt Ricardo Mello 7-5, 6-3; Albert Montanes bt Michael Berrer 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

At Estoril (Estoril Open): Men: Frederico Gil bt Flavio Cipolla 6-3, 6-2; Alejandro Falla bt Pablo Andujar 4-6, 6-1, 4-4, retired; Eduardo Roger-Vasselin bt Marcos Daniel 6-3, 6-1; Carlos Berlocq bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-4, 6-3; Pablo Cuevas bt Pere Riba 6-2, 6-4; Thomaz Belluci bt Frederik Nielsen 7-5, 6-1; Juan Del Potro bt Pedro Sousa 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Doubles: First round: Rohan Bopanna & Aisam Qureshi bt Scott Lipski & Travis Rettenmaier 7-6(1), 6-4. Women: First round: Jarmila Gajdosova bt Renata Voracova 6-4, 6-0; Klara Zakopalova bt Beatriz Garcia Vidagany 6-4, 7-6(3); Ursula Radwanska bt Anastasija Sevastova 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-1; Anabel Medina Garrigues bt Simona Halep 7-6(5), 7-6(5); Greta Arn bt Maria Joao Koehler 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Sloane Stephens bt Melanie Oudin 6-2, 6-1.

Second round: Alisa Kleybanova bt Mathlide Johansson 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Jarmila Gajdosova bt Casey Dellacqua 6-2, 6-4; Anabel Medina Garrigues bt Greta Arn 6-2, 1-0 (retired); Alla Kudryavtseva bt Romina Oprandi 6-4, 7-6(3).

At Munich (BMW Open): Potito Starace bt Jan Hajek 3-6, 6-4, 6-0; Julian Reister bt Daniel Brands 7-6(1), 6-1; Philipp Kohlschreiber bt Robert Farah 6-3, 6-1; Denis Gremelmayr bt Robin Haase 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Grigor Dimitrov bt Marcos Baghdatis 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-2; Potito Starace bt Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-4, 6-2. — AFP

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