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MADRID, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Britain's Andy Murray, Cyprus' Marcos Baghdatis and American Robby Ginepri were among Monday's first-round winners at the Madrid Masters tennis tournament.
Murray defeated Radek Stepanek" class="tpstyle">Czech Radek Stepanek 6-4, 6-1, Baghdatis beat Romanian Andrei Pavel 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, and Ginepri outlasted Jurgen Melzer" class="tpstyle">Austrian Jurgen Melzer 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.
Ginepri next plays top-seeded and defending Madrid champion Roger Federer, who has been idle since capturing a fourth straight U.S. Open title last month. Baghdatis will play three-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal.
In an all-Spanish match Monday, Fernando Verdasco beat Albert Montanes 6-1, 6-1.
Also, Spaniard Feliciano beat Italian Filippo Volandri 6-3, 6-2; Austrian Stefan Koubek beat Jarkko Nieminen" class="tpstyle">Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Argentine Juan Monaco beat Russian Igor Andreev 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 6-4; Mario Ancic" class="tpstyle">Croat Mario Ancic beat Marc Gicquel" class="tpstyle">Frenchman Marc Gicquel 6-4, 6-2; and Juan Martin" class="tpstyle">Argentine Juan Martin del Potro beat Italian Potito Starace 7-5, 6-1.
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