INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana), Aug 13: Rainer Schuettler held off an erratic Mark Philippoussis to reach the second round of the Indianapolis Open with a 7-6, 7-6 victory Monday.
Philippoussis had his opportunities against the ninth seeded German breaking to lead 5-4 in the second but he made far too many unforced errors, often blasting the ball instead of waiting for his opening.
In other matches involving seeded players, only Croatia’s 12th seeded Ivan Ljubicic failed to advance, losing to Martin Verkerk of the Netherlands 6-4, 6-4.
Monday’s results (prefix number denotes seeding):
First round: 9-Rainer Schuettler (Germany) beat Mark Philippoussis (Australia) 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4); 13-Michel Kratochvil (Switzerland) beat Emin Agaev (Azerbaijan) 6-0, 6-2; Stefan Koubek (Austria) beat Ramon Delgado (Paraguay) 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-1); 11-Andrei Pavel (Romania) beat Jeff Morrison (US) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) beat Kristian Pless (Denmark) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2; Jonathan Erlich (Israel) beat Adrian Voinea (Romania) 6-2, 6-3; 14-Greg Rusedski (Britain) beat Albert Montanes (Spain) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; Wayne Arthurs (Australia) beat Lee Hyung-taik (South Korea) 6-4, 6-3; Martin Verkerk (Netherlands) beat 12-Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia) 6-4, 6-2; 16-Fabrice Santoro (France) beat Harel Levy (Israel) 6-2, 6-2; Alberto Martin (Spain) beat Magnus Larson (Sweden) 6-7 (6-8), 7-5, 6-3; Magnus Norman (Sweden) beat Robby Ginepri (US) 7-6 (7-0), 6-4; David Prinosil (Germany) beat Bohdan Ulihrach (Czech Republic) 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2; Sargis Sargsian (Armenia) beat Michael Llodra (France) 6-2, 6-4.
WASHINGTON: Twice Washington champion Michael Chang won his third match in four outings Monday night when he squeezed past Britain’s Martin Lee 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the first round of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.
Monday’s results:
First round: Cedric Pioline (France) beat Andreas Vinciguerra (Sweden) 6-4, 6-3; Noam Okun (Israel) beat Paul Goldstein (US) 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4); Michael Chang (US) beat Martin Lee (Britain) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Jerome Golmard (France) beat Jan-Michael Gambill (US) 7-6 (7-1), 1-6, 6-4; Brian Vahaly (US) beat Zeljko Krajan (Croatia) 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-3; Paradorn Srichaphan (Thailand) beat Andrea Gaudenzi (Italy) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2; Raemon Sluiter (Netherlands) beat Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia) 6-4, 6-2; 12-Fernando Vicente (Spain) beat Olivier Rochus (Belgium) 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2; Karol Kucera (Slovakia) beat Cecil Mamiit (US) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3; Jan Vacek (Czech Republic) beat Vincent Spadea (US) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; 16-Fernando Meligeni (Brazil) beat Takao Suzuki (Japan) 6-4, 7-6 (7-1); Alexandre Simoni (Brazil) beat Anthony Dupuis (France) 6-3, 6-2; Attila Savolt (Hungary) beat Andrei Stoliarov (Russia) 3-6, 7-6 (7-0), 6-3.
MONTREAL: Anna Kournikova advanced to the second round of the Canadian Open with a 6-3, 6-1 win over qualifier Saori Obata on Monday.
Despite a shaky service game in the first set, the 21-year-old Russian player, ranked 40th before the $1.2 million tournament began, easily disposed of her 24-year-old Japanese opponent in just 45 minutes.
Monday’s results:
First round: 9-Elena Dementieva (Russia) beat Adriana Serra Zanetti (Italy) 6-3, 6-4; Nathalie Dechy (France) beat Iva Majoli (Croatia) 6-3, 6-1; Anna Kournikova (Russia) beat Saori Obata (Japan) 6-3, 6-1; Sarah Taylor (US) beat Jana Nejedly (Canada) 6-1, 6-0; 10-Sylvia Farina Elia (Italy) beat Maureen Drake (Canada) 6-2, 7-5; Henrieta Nagyova (Slovakia) beat Mary Pierce (France) 7-6 (9-7), 6-7 (4-7), 7-5; Baja Bedanova (Czech Republic) beat Jill Craybas (U.S.) 2-6, 6-1, 6-4; Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) beat Tina Pisnik (Slovenia) 6-0, 6-1; Christina Torrens Valero (Spain) beat Els Callens (Belgium) 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 6-3; Magui Serna (Spain) beat Rossana Neffa-de los Rios (Paraguay) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; Clarisa Fernandez (Argentina) beat 11-Anastasia Myskina (Russia) 6-3, 6-1; Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) beat 14-Anne Kremer (Luxembourg) 6-1, 6-0; Nicole Pratt (Australia) beat Tatiana Poutchek (Belarus) 6-1, 6-3; Alexandra Stevenson (US) beat 13-Anna Smashnova (Israel) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4); Barbara Schett (Austria) beat Marissa Irvin (US) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4; Fabiola Zuluaga (Colombia) beat Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzbekistan) 6-1, 6-2; Amanda Coetzer (South Africa) beat Cara Black (Zimbabwe) 6-2, 6-2.—Reuters
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