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Injured Hewitt quits midway

MARSEILLE: Australia's former World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt became the latest high-profile casualty at the ATP Marseille Open on Thursday when he retired with a thigh injury.

Hewitt, who had had a tough three-setter the day before, felt pain in his right thigh after the first set in his match against Gilles Simon and had no option but to quit.

At San Jose, unseeded Croatian Ivo Karlovic upset second seed American James Blake 6-7(4), 7-6(11), 6-4 to enter the quarterfinals of the SAP Open.

Important results: At Marseille (ATP Marseille Open): Second round: Marcos Baghdatis bt Cyril Saulnier 6-4, 6-3; Gilles Simon bt Lleyton Hewitt 6-1, 3-2, retd.; Richard Gasquet bt Marc Giquel 7-6(2), 6-2; Julien Benneteau bt David Ferrer 4-6, 6-0, 6-1.

At San Jose (ATP SAP Open): Second round: Vincent Spadea bt Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(6); Mardy Fish bt Sam Warburg 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; Ivo Karlovic bt James Blake 6-7(4), 7-6(11), 6-4; Marat Safin bt Lu Yen-hsun 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Andy Roddick bt Sam Querrey 6-4, 7-6(3).

At Rio de Janeiro (ATP Brazil Open): Second round: Juan Carlos Ferrero bt Nicolas Devilder 6-2, 6-4; Agustin Calleri bt Albert Montanes 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Nicolas Almagro bt Lukas Dlouhy 6-3, 6-3.

At Antwerp (WTA Diamond Games): Second round: Amelie Mauresmo bt Virginie Razzano 7-6(6), 7-5; Nadia Petrova bt Vera Zvonareva 7-6(2), 6-4; Elena Likhovtseva bt Elena Dementieva 6-2, 1-1, retd. — Agencies

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