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| Jonas Bjorkman of
Sweden beat Thomas Zib of
the Czech Republic 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 |
Nicolas Escude of
France beat
Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 |
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| Tim Henman of
England with a painful back
problem |
Oops... just kidding... |
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| Dominik Hrbaty of
the Slovak Republic lost to Nicolas Escude of France
6-7, 6-4, 4-6 |
Robert Kendrick of
the USA lost to Karol Beck of
of the Slovak Republic 6-7, 5-7 |
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| Nicolas Kiefer of
Germany |
Magnus Norman
of Sweden creating some
interesting sweat patterns but losing to Christophe Rochus of
Belgium 2-6, 6-7 |
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| Svetlana Kuznetsova of
Russia beat Virginia Ruano
Pascual of Spain 6-3, 6-2 |
Alan Mills
- tournament referee - from England |
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| South America seems to be
producing more than its fair share of 'scary looking' players... |
| Wild and woolly Guga
Kuerten of Brazil |
Wilder and less woolly
Marcelo Rios of Chile |
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| Virginia Ruano
Pascual of Spain
lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 3-6, 2-6 |
Maria
Sharapova of Russia
lost to Els Callens of Belgium 6-7, 1-6 |
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| Barbara Schett of
Austria lost to Alicia Molik of
Australia in
a close 3-set match 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-7(3) |
Nicole Pratt of
the USA beat Emilie Loit of
France 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 |
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| Iroda
Tulyaganova of
Russia |
Meghann
Shaughnessy of the USA |
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| In the biggest disappointment
of the day for US fans, qualifier Marion Bartoli of
France beat highly-fancied wildcard
Ally Baker of the USA
6-0, 6-0 - much to the surprise of the assembled press corps
who determinedly kept their lenses focused firmly on Baker... |
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| The match was also watched by
some knowledgeable spectators - Carling
Bassett-Seguso, husband
Robert and younger son
Ridley who featured in an
unexpected doubles exhibition at the International Tennis
Championships at Delray Beach 2 weeks ago. |
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| Todd Martin of
the USA beat Mariano
Zabaleta of Argentina
6-4, 6-4 |
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| Evgenia
Koulikovskaya of Russia |
Amelie Mauresmo
of France |
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| Carlos
Moya of Spain |
Alex
Corretja of Spain |
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Alex Corretja of
Spain getting a little
stretching help from brother Sergio. |
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Anna Foldenyi of
Hungary |
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