NOTTINGHAM (England): Russian Dmitry Tursonov was disqualified from the ATP Wimbledon warm-up tournament here on Tuesday after quitting during a doubles match following a disagreement on a line call.

Sixth seed Tursonov, who had expected to be fined, was promptly thrown out off the singles event and opponent Thomas Johansson of Sweden given a walk-over into the quarter-finals.

The 25-year-old Tursunov, who had been partnering Chris Haggard, walked off with the pair trailing Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi 6-4, 3-1.

An ATP statement said: “After reviewing the situation, the ATP Supervisor has withdrawn Dmitry Tursunov from the singles tournament at the Slazenger Open.

“Thomas Johansson will now advance directly to the quarter-finals.”

Results:

First round: 3-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) bt Marcos Daniel (Brazil) 6-4, 7-6 (7-3); Vince Spadea (US) bt Alexander Slabinsky (Britain) 6-1, 7-5; 8-Gael Monfils (France) bt Chris Guccione (Australia) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4; Eduardo Schwank (Argentina) bt Frederik Nielsen (Denmark) 6-3, 6-3; Alex Bogdanovic (Britain) bt James Ward (Britain) 6-3, 6-4; 1-Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) bt John Isner (US) 6-3, 6-2; Samuel Groth (Australia) bt Jamie Baker (Britain) 7-6 (9-7), 6-3; Thomas Johansson (Sweden) bt Kei Nishikori (Japan) 7-5 — Nishikori retired; 5-Gilles Simon (France) bt Donald Young (US) 6-1, 6-4.

GASQUET OUSTED

AMSTERDAM: French No 1 Richard Gasquet went out in the second round of the Den Bosch Open on Tuesday after losing 7-5, 7-6 to countryman Marc Gicquel.

Gasquet, the world No 9, withdrew from the French Open with a knee injury two weeks ago but is still scheduled to play at Wimbledon from June 23. Gasquet reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon last year.

Gicquel next faces Juergen Melzer of Austria who overcame Russian fifth seed Igor Andreev 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.

Croatia’s Mario Ancic progressed to the quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Steve Darcis of Belgium.

In the women’s singles event, second seed Anna Chakvetadze of Russia beat Germany’s Angelique Kerber 6-3, 3-6, 7-6.

French Open runner-up Dinara Safina, seeded third, eased past Camille Pin of France 6-1, 6-4.

Results:

Men’s singles:

Second round: 1-David Ferrer (Spain) bt Massimo Dell’Acqua (Italy) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3); 6-Mario Ancic (Croatia) bt Steve Darcis (Belgium) 6-2, 6-4; Juergen Melzer (Austria) bt 5-Igor Andreev (Russia) 6-4, 1-6, 6-1; Marc Gicquel (France) bt 2-Richard Gasquet (France) 7-5, 7-6 (8-6).

Women’s singles:

Second round: 3-Dinara Safina (Russia) bt Camille Pin (France) 6-1, 6-4; 2-Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) bt Angelique Kerber (Germany) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-1); 8-Alona Bondarenko (Ukraine) bt Marina Erakovic (New Zealand) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

First round: Sorana Cirstea (Romania) bt 6-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) 7-5, 6-4; Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukraine) 6-3, 6-3; Chan Yung-Jan (Taiwan) bt Sofia Arvidsson (Sweden) 7-5, 7-5.—Agencies