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Capdeville shocks Nalbandian in Estoril Open

OEIRAS (Portugal): Paul Capdeville of Chile upset fifth-seeded David Nalbandian 6-2, 6-2 on Monday in the first round of the Estoril Open tennis tournament.

Nalbandian, the 2002 and 2006 champion, was broken once in each set to lose in 52 minutes. The Argentine, who won the Sydney International in January, had injured a hip at the Barcelona Open last month.

On the women’s side, top-seeded Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic edged Neuza Silva of Portugal 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. The 29th-ranked Benesova improved to 15-11 this year.

Third-seeded Jarmila Groth of Slovakia rallied to defeat No. 4 Mathilde Johansson of France 1-6, 6-1, 6-1.

Venus moves up

At Rome, Venus Williams was taken to three sets in her opening match at the Italian Open, eventually beating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in the second round.

In first-round action, Alize Cornet of France, last year’s runner up, defeated Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-3, 7-5.

The results: At Rome (WTA Italian Open): Second round: Venus Williams bt Lucie Safarova 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; Victoria Azarenka bt Ayumi Morita 6-0 (retd.). First round: Aravane Rezai bt Alisa Kleybanova 6-3, 6-3; Anna Chakvetadze bt Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-2, 6-3; Jie Zheng bt Nathalie Dechy 6-1, 7-6(4); Agnieszka Radwanska bt Alona Bondarenko 6-0, 6-1; Elena Vesnina bt Jill Craybas 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; Kateryna Bondarenko bt Roberta Vinci 6-3, 7-6(4); Virginie Razzano bt Magdalena Rybarikova 6-0, 6-7(8), 6-4; Aleksandra Wozniak bt Sara Errani 6-1, 3-6, 6-4; Alize Cornet bt Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 7-5; Caroline Wozniacki bt Agnes Szavay 6-3, 6-2.

At Estoril (Estoril Open): Men: First round: Maximo Gonzalez bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-4, 6-3; Paul Capdeville bt David Nalbandian 6-2, 6-2.

Women: First round: Iveta Benesova bt Neuza Silva 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Jarmila Groth bt Mathilde Johansson 1-6, 6-1, 6-1.

At Munich (BMW Open): First round: Philipp Kohlschreiber bt Bjorn Phau 6-2, 2-1 retd; Nicolas Almagro bt Jan Hernych 6-3, 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny bt Ivo Minar 6-3, 7-6(5). — Agencies

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