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Paes and Dlouhy crash out

Basel: Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy crashed out of the Swiss Indoors tournament on Thursday, losing 6-3, 6-0 to the German combine of Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber in the second round.

The combination of Rohan Bopanna and his new partner Max Mirnyi accounted for the third-seeded Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round of the St. Petersburg Open.

The results:

At Lyon: ATP Lyon Grand Prix (Second round): Steve Darcis bt Richard Gasquet 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5); Gilles Simon bt Andreas Seppi 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-4. Josselin Ouanna bt Nicolas Lapentti 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Julien Benneteau bt Tommy Robredo 6-2, 6-2; Andy Roddick bt Robby Ginepri 7-6(5), 7-6(3); Robin Soderling bt Christophe Rochus 6-1, 6-2.

At Basel: ATP Swiss Indoors: Second round: David Nalbandian bt Kristof Vliegen 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(4); James Blake bt Oscar Hernandez 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-4; Simone Bolelli bt Marcel Granollers 6-4, 6-2. Feliciano Lopez bt Mardy Fish 7-6(9), 6-4; Benjamin Becker bt Andreas Beck 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Igor Andreev bt Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6(6), 6-7(0), 7-5.

At St. Petersburg: ATP St. Petersburg Open: Second round: Andy Murray bt Ernests Gulbis 6-4, 6-2; Andrey Golubev bt Marat Safin 6-4, 6-2; Janko Tipsarevic bt Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 7-6(3); Victor Hanescu bt Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3, 7-6(7). Rainer Schuettler bt Dominik Hrbaty 6-3, 6-3; Fernando Verdasco bt Karlis Lejnieks 6-1, 6-3.

At Linz: WTA Linz Open: Second round: Ana Ivanovic bt Sybille Bammer 6-4, 6-2; Vera Zvonareva bt Nuria Llagostera Vives 6-2, 6-0; Marion Bartoli bt Petra Kvitova 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-3; Flavia Pennetta bt Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 6-1 .

At Luxembourg: WTA Luxembourg Championships: Second round: Elena Dementieva bt Gisela Dulko 6-2, 6-2; Amélie Mauresmo bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-3, 6-1; Anabel Medina Garrigues bt Catalina Castaño 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. Daniela Hantuchova bt Sabine Lisicki 6-0, 6-2; Iveta Benesova bt Anna Chakvetadze 6-2, 6-4; Li Na bt Mariya Koryttseva 7-6(6), 6-3. — Agencies

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