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Rusedski completes Norman conquest

NEW YORK, Aug 25: Britain's Greg Rusedski, playing his second event since spraining his left ankle at Wimbledon, beat Sweden's Magnus Nor...

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NEW YORK, Aug 25: Britain8217;s Greg Rusedski, playing his second event since spraining his left ankle at Wimbledon, beat Sweden8217;s Magnus Norman 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Hamlet Cup.

Rusedski advanced to a second-round match against Brazil8217;s Fernando Meligeni, a 6-7 2-7, 6-4, 6-3 winner over France8217;s Guillaume Raoux. Defending champion Carlos Moya of Spain and countryman Francisco Clavet also advanced. Moya beat New Zealand8217;s Brett Steven 7-5, 6-3, and Clavet beat Israel8217;s Lior Mor 6-2, 6-1. In other first-round matches, Germany8217;s David Prinosil beat Slovakia8217;s Dominik Hrbaty 0-6, 6-4, 6-1, and the Netherlands8217; Jan Siemerink defeated Spain8217;s Julian Alonso 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Muster advances
BROOKLINE:
Thomas Muster defeated Marcelo Filippini of Uruguay 6-0, 6-3 in the first round of the MFS Pro Tennis Championships at Longwood Cricket Club.

Earlier yesterday, Gianluca Pozzi upset sixth-seeded Fabrice Santoro of France, 6-2, 6-2. Third-seeded Cedric Pioline needed only 55 minutes to sweep past Romania8217;s Adrian Voinea, 6-4, 6-0.

In other first-round matches, Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark outlasted Jerome Golmard of France 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Sebastien Grosjean of France stopped John van Lottum of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-0; and Xavier Malisse of Belgium beat Steve Campbell 6-3, 6-1.

Kournikova up
NEW HAVEN:
Russian Anna Kournikova defeated Barbara Schett of Austria 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Pilot Pen tournament. Kournika faces South Africa8217;s Amanda Coetzer in the second round. Coetzer won 7-6 8-6, 6-3 against Magui Serna of Spain. Mary Joe Fernandez won 11 straight games en route to a 3-6, 6-0, 6-1 victory over eighth-seeded Dominique van Roost of Belgium.

 

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