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Canas upset; Henin, Mauresmo advance

Bhupathi-Gimelstob duo crashes out in the first round at Nottingham

’S-HERTOGENBOSCH (The Netherlands): Unseeded German Michael Berrer caused the upset of the day at the Ordina Open, beating the third-seeded Argentine Guillermo Canas 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday.

In the doubles, top-seeded Leander Paes and Martin Damm survived a huge scare against the unseeded French pair of Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Devilder, prevailing 6-7(1), 7-5, 13-11 in the first round.

At Nottingham, the fourth-seeded pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Justin Gimelstob made a shocking first round exit, losing to British wildcards Joshua Goodall and Ross Hutchins.

The Indo-American duo squandered a one-set lead to go down 7-5, 4-6, 8-10 in a match that lasted a little more than one-and-a-half hours.

Meanwhile, Tim Henman’s return to form proved short-lived, as he went down 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-2 to big hitting Russian Dmitry Tursunov in the second round.

Justine Henin brushed aside mis-givings about the quick annual changeover from clay to grass as she mowed down Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-1 at the Eastbourne Championships.

The top-seed was joined as a winner by Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo, who dispatched Italian Mara Santangelo 6-2, 6-3.

The results: At ’s-Hertogenbosch (Ordina Open): Women: Second round: Ana Ivanovic bt Elena Daniilidou 7-6(4), 6-2; Anna Chakvetadze bt Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6(3); Angelique Kerber bt Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-3 ; Daniela Hantuchova bt Meghann Shaughnessy 3-6, 6-3, 5-3 ret.; Dinara Safina bt Michaella Krajicek 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Men: Second round: Julien Benneteau bt Robin Haase 7-6(5), 6-3; Anthony Dupuis bt Sergio Roitman 6-4, 7-6(2); Benjamin Becker bt Yves Allegro 6-4, 7-6(6); Janko Tipsarevic bt Lukas Dlouhy 6-2, 2-6, 7-5; Michael Berrer bt Guillermo Cana s 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Peter Wessels bt Carlos Berlocq 6-2, 7-6(3).

At Eastbourne (WTA Eastbourne International): Second round: Justine Henin bt Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-1; Amélie Mauresmo bt Mara Santangelo 6-2, 6-3; Nicole Vaidisova bt Elena Baltacha 6-3, 6-2; Shahar Peer bt Aiko Nakamura 6-3, 6-2; Sybille Bammer bt Lucie Safarova 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-3. Nadia Petrova bt Nathalie Dechy 7-5, 7-5; Elena Dementieva bt Katie O’Brien 6-3, 6-4; Marion Bartoli bt Melanie South 6-1, 6-3.

At Nottingham (ATP Nottingham Open): Second round: Dmitry Tursunov bt Tim Henman 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-2; Juan Martin del Potro bt Igor Kunitsyn 6-2, 7-5; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez bt Sebastien Grosjean 6-4, 6-3; Paul-Henri Mathieu bt Lee Hyung-Taik 7-6(2), 6-0; Richard Gasquet bt Jan Vacek 6-4, 6-0; Ivo Karlovic bt Gilles Simon 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 6-4; Arnaud Clement bt Teimuraz Gabashvili 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-3. First round: Dmitry Tursunov bt Robert Kendrick 6-1, 6-4; Jonas Bjorkman bt Richard Bloomfield 6-2, 6-0; Paul-Henri Mathieu bt Robby Ginepri 6-3, 6-4; Igor Kunitsyn bt Agustin Calleri 7-6(8), 3-6, 6-4; Lee Hyung-Taik bt Max Mirnyi 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. — Agencies

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