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Tuesday, March 4, 2003

 First Round Matches

Vincent Spadea of the USA beat Michael Llodra of France  6-3, 6-0
 
Alberto Martin of Spain beat Brian Vahaly of the USA 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
The number one seed and local favorite, Andy Roddick of the USA  made an early exit from the tournament after retiring following this fall when 4-3 down against Mardy Fish of the USA (top right) in the second set. Roddick had earlier lost the first set in a tie-break 7-6(4). Photos courtesy of Susan Mullane of Camerawork USA, Inc.
Qualifier Robert Kendrick of the USA beat 7th seed Stefan Koubek of Austria  6-4, 6-4 And in another upset, unseeded Sargis Sargsian of Armenia beat the 2nd seed Guillermo Coria of Argentina  7-5, 6-2
Luke and Murphy Jensen of the USA beat Devin Bowen of the USA and Alberto Martin of Spain 7-6(2), 7-6(0)

Luke and Murphy are always a crowd favorite and even dragged Tournament Director, Mark Barron into the midst of the excitement...

Practice Courts
Lars Burgsmuller of Germany, who lost his first round match yesterday, practiced with first round winner  Hyung-Taik Lee of Korea
Around and About
This oversized lizzardy-creature was spotted in front of the players' lounge apparently waiting to catch some autographs and scaring a few security guards in the process.
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